Equity LifeStyle Properties - ELS Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 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 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ELS shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock. Their ELS share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $84.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% 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 shares have decreased by 13.2% and is now trading at $76.07.
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Equity LifeStyle Properties saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,600,000 shares, an increase of 26.3% from the July 15th total of 2,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the company 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 data on Monday, July, 18th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $365.31 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 firm's revenue was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share.

Equity LifeStyle Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.19%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 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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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 minted shares were issued 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 issued an update on its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share 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.

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), 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.25%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.41%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.71%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.43%), Swiss National Bank (0.41%) and Asset Management One Co. Ltd. (0.21%). 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 $76.07.

Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) has a market capitalization of $14.15 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.