Equity LifeStyle Properties - ELS Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity LifeStyle Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ELS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ELS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock. Their ELS share price forecasts range from $68.00 to $93.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $76.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock was trading at $87.66 at the start of the year. Since then, ELS stock has decreased by 26.1% and is now trading at $64.81.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,310,000 shares, an increase of 13.4% from the October 15th total of 3,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 992,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 23rd 2023.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 18th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $381 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $375.16 million. Equity LifeStyle Properties had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.30% and a net margin of 19.36%. The firm's revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share.

Equity LifeStyle Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Friday, January 13th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 29th.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.53%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 17 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 109.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ELS will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties shares split on Wednesday, October 16th 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, September 20th 2019. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Equity LifeStyle Properties updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.64-$2.70 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

151 employees have rated Equity LifeStyle Properties Chief Executive Officer Marguerite Nader on Glassdoor.com. Marguerite Nader has an approval rating of 80% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Equity LifeStyle Properties investors own include Realty Income (O), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Ventas (VTR), Verizon Communications (VZ), American Tower (AMT), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Prologis (PLD), Crown Castle (CCI), Home Depot (HD) and Procter & Gamble (PG).

Equity LifeStyle Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ELS."

Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (13.32%), BlackRock Inc. (7.63%), State Street Corp (4.51%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.19%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.93%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Patrick Waite and Paul Seavey.
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Shares of ELS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ELS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.81.

Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) has a market capitalization of $12.06 billion and generates $1.27 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $262.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,100 workers across the globe.

Equity LifeStyle Properties' mailing address is TWO N RIVERSIDE PLZ STE 800, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The official website for the company is www.equitylifestyleproperties.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (312) 279-1400, via email at investor_relations@equitylifestyle.com, or via fax at 312-279-1710.