Equity LifeStyle Properties - ELS Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 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 1 buy rating 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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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock. Their ELS share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $81.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.0% from the stock's current price.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock was trading at $87.66 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ELS stock has decreased by 28.3% and is now trading at $62.84.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,150,000 shares, a decline of 6.0% from the August 31st total of 3,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 896,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 17th 2022.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 18th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $365.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $331.29 million. Equity LifeStyle Properties had a net margin of 20.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.19%. The company's revenue was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.61 EPS.

Equity LifeStyle Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.61%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 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 2.63%. 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 107.90%. 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 56.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties's stock split on Wednesday, October 16th 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, September 20th 2019. The newly issued 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 third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.66-$0.72 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.

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

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One share of ELS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.84.

Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) has a market capitalization of $11.69 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 $1.52 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.