Equity Lifestyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Equity Lifestyle Properties has updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance, projecting earnings per share between 3.010 and 3.110, significantly above the consensus estimate of 2.380.
• The company also announced a quarterly dividend of $0.515 per share, resulting in an annualized dividend yield of 3.3%.
• Several analysts have recently revised their ratings and target prices for the stock, indicating a mix of buy and hold recommendations, with an average price target of $71.05.

Equity Lifestyle Properties (NYSE:ELS - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.010-3.110 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.380. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Equity Lifestyle Properties also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.810 EPS.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Stock Performance

Shares of ELS stock traded up $0.41 on Wednesday, reaching $63.35. The stock had a trading volume of 1,616,208 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,586,594. The stock has a market cap of $12.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.40 and a beta of 0.71. Equity Lifestyle Properties has a 1 year low of $58.15 and a 1 year high of $73.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 0.04 and a current ratio of 0.04. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $60.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $62.12.

Equity Lifestyle Properties (NYSE:ELS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.01. Equity Lifestyle Properties had a return on equity of 21.12% and a net margin of 24.13%. Equity Lifestyle Properties has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.010-3.110 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 0.750-0.810 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Equity Lifestyle Properties will post 3.07 EPS for the current year.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 10th. Investors of record on Friday, September 26th were given a dividend of $0.515 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 26th. This represents a $2.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.3%. Equity Lifestyle Properties's payout ratio is 106.74%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays upgraded Equity Lifestyle Properties from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and lowered their target price for the company from $70.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Equity Lifestyle Properties from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Equity Lifestyle Properties from $67.50 to $62.50 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on Equity Lifestyle Properties from $67.00 to $66.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $71.05.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. FORA Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties by 39.3% in the second quarter. FORA Capital LLC now owns 9,414 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $581,000 after purchasing an additional 2,654 shares during the last quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co increased its holdings in shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties by 5.5% in the second quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 404,685 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $24,965,000 after purchasing an additional 21,067 shares during the last quarter. Adelante Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties by 6.3% in the second quarter. Adelante Capital Management LLC now owns 674,425 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $41,592,000 after purchasing an additional 39,788 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its holdings in shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties by 8.9% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 9,113 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $562,000 after purchasing an additional 744 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties by 53.2% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 11,203 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $691,000 after purchasing an additional 3,892 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.21% of the company's stock.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Company Profile

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership and operation of lifestyle-oriented properties consisting primarily of manufactured home, and recreational vehicle communities. It operates through the following segments: Property Operations and Home Sales and Rentals Operations.

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