Elme Communities
Elme Communities is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust that owns and operates apartment communities, primarily in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and the Sunbelt, and a commercial office property in the Washington, DC area. Its residential customers are apartment renters, while its office… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2024, Elme Communities reported revenue of $241.94M, up 6.2% from fiscal 2023, and a net loss of $13.10M. Its operating margin was 9.7%, and operations generated $95.24M in cash.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure.
What Elme Communities does
In the company’s own words
Elme Communities is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust that owns and operates apartment communities, primarily in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and the Sunbelt, and a commercial office property in the Washington, DC area. Its residential customers are apartment renters, while its office property serves commercial tenants. Following the sale of 19 multifamily properties in November 2025, Elme adopted a plan to sell its remaining assets, wind down its business and dissolve; it is focused on completing those sales and the orderly liquidation of the company. At December 31, 2025, the portfolio comprised nine apartment communities and one office property, with approximately 3,570 apartment homes and 300,000 square feet of commercial space. After two additional apartment property sales, as of February 27, 2026, it owned approximately 2,700 apartment homes and 300,000 square feet of commercial space, all in the Washington, DC and Atlanta metropolitan areas. The company is the successor to a trust organized in 1960 and was formerly known as Washington Real Estate Investment Trust. Its website is www.elmecommunities.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry (SIC)
- REITs
- Headquarters
- BETHESDA, MD
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 104894
- SIC
- 6798
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2024 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Elme Communities — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Elme Communities’s weight in each
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Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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