Equity Lifestyle Properties Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:ELS)

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

Equity Lifestyle Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.613 per share on Friday, October 11th. This represents a $2.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 26th. This is a boost from Equity Lifestyle Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.61. View Equity Lifestyle Properties' Dividend History.

Shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties split on the morning of Wednesday, October 16th 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, September 20th 2019. The newly created shares will be issued to shareholders after the market closes on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust earned $248.37 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $244.91 million. Equity Lifestyle Properties had a return on equity of 22.00% and a net margin of 27.02%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. View Equity Lifestyle Properties' Earnings History.

Equity Lifestyle Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

Equity Lifestyle Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Equity Lifestyle Properties issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.12-4.22 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.17.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Equity Lifestyle Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Equity Lifestyle Properties' stock price to reach $110.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Lifestyle Properties in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

Headlines about ELS stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Lifestyle Properties earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

Equity Lifestyle Properties saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 895,700 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the July 31st total of 826,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 572,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Equity Lifestyle Properties' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Equity Lifestyle Properties include Simon Property Group (SPG), Equinix (EQIX), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), SBA Communications (SBAC), Ventas (VTR), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Realty Income (O), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Boston Properties (BXP), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) and HCP (HCP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Equity Lifestyle Properties investors own include DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Ventas (VTR), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), 3M (MMM), Realty Income (O), Welltower (WELL), Costco Wholesale (COST), American Tower (AMT), AvalonBay Communities (AVB) and CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI).

Equity Lifestyle Properties' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (13.52%), BlackRock Inc. (9.58%), BlackRock Inc. (9.58%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.08%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.99%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.37%). Company insiders that own Equity Lifestyle Properties stock include David J Contis, Howard Walker, Marguerite M Nader, Paul Seavey, Roger Maynard and Samuel Zell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

ELS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, APG Asset Management US Inc., Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Equity Lifestyle Properties company stock in the last year include David J Contis, Paul Seavey and Roger Maynard. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

ELS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Invesco Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Swiss National Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Lifestyle Properties.

Shares of ELS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ELS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $134.35.

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a market capitalization of $12.23 billion and generates $986.65 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $212.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.87 on an earnings per share basis. Equity Lifestyle Properties employs 4,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Equity Lifestyle Properties.

The official website for Equity Lifestyle Properties is http://www.equitylifestyleproperties.com/.

Equity Lifestyle Properties' mailing address is TWO N RIVERSIDE PLZ STE 800, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 312-279-1400 or via email at [email protected]