ELME - Elme Communities
Elme Communities owns and operates uniquely positioned real estate assets in the Washington Metro area. Backed by decades of experience, expertise and ambition, we create value by transforming insights into strategy and strategy into action. As of October 29, 2020, the Company's portfolio of 45 properties includes approximately 3.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $2.01, ATM IV 346.7%, max pain $2.50, net GEX -$170.
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Office
- Market Cap
- $180.4M
- Beta
- 0.79
- 52-Week Range
- 1.98-17.68
- Dividend Yield
- $15.03
- CEO
- Paul T. McDermott
- Employees
- 255
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NYSE
What ELME Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 86.4% signals elevated pricing relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-selling structures (credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls); negative net gamma exposure (-$170) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves.
What This Page Covers
The ELME overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked ELME overview questions
- What is ELME?
- ELME is the ticker symbol for Elme Communities, a listed security. Elme Communities owns and operates uniquely positioned real estate assets in the Washington Metro area. Backed by decades of experience, expertise and ambition, we create value by transforming insights into strategy and strategy into action. Listed on NYSE. ELME is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the ELME options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the ELME options snapshot shows spot at $2.01, ATM IV 346.7%, IV rank 86.4%, max pain $2.50, net GEX -$170, expected move 99.40%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are ELME's key statistics?
- Elme Communities (ELME) carries a market capitalization of $180.4M, beta of 0.79 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 1.98-17.68. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does ELME belong to?
- Elme Communities operates in the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Office industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare ELME's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the ELME data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).