Equity LifeStyle Properties Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity LifeStyle Properties in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Equity LifeStyle Properties stock.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,320,000 shares, an increase of 32.6% from the December 31st total of 1,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 19th 2021.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) posted its earnings results on Sunday, January, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.21. The real estate investment trust earned $271.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $267.99 million. Equity LifeStyle Properties had a net margin of 20.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.66%. The firm's revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.52 earnings per share.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock was trading at $68.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ELS shares have decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $62.33.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.343 per share on Friday, January 8th. This represents a $1.37 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 23rd.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.21%. Equity LifeStyle Properties does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Equity LifeStyle Properties is 65.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Equity LifeStyle Properties will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.55% next year. This indicates that Equity LifeStyle Properties will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties shares split before market open 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 Equity LifeStyle Properties stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Equity LifeStyle Properties issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.26-2.36 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.31.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Equity LifeStyle Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect Equity LifeStyle Properties' share price to reach $67.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price.
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151 employees have rated Equity LifeStyle Properties CEO Marguerite Nader on Glassdoor.com. Marguerite Nader has an approval rating of 80% among Equity LifeStyle Properties' employees.

Some companies that are related to Equity LifeStyle Properties include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), American Campus Communities (ACC), UMH Properties (UMH) and Apartment Investment and Management (AIV).
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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 International (CCI), The Home Depot (HD) and The 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.27%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (3.44%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.85%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.36%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.36%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.11%). Company insiders that own Equity LifeStyle Properties stock include Patrick Waite, Paul Seavey and Roger Maynard.
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ELS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group, Russell Investments Group Ltd., National Pension Service, and Janus Henderson Group PLC.
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ELS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Long Pond Capital LP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Morgan Stanley, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Resolution Capital Ltd, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and BlackRock Inc..
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Shares of ELS 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 $62.33.

Equity LifeStyle Properties has a market capitalization of $11.36 billion and generates $1.04 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $279.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 on an earnings per share basis.

Equity LifeStyle Properties employs 4,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Equity LifeStyle Properties is www.equitylifestyleproperties.com.

Equity LifeStyle Properties is headquartered at TWO N RIVERSIDE PLZ STE 800, CHICAGO IL, 60606.

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]