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Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Competitors

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$61.14 +0.17 (+0.28%)
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ELS vs. AMH, AVB, CPT, EQR, ESS, INVH, MAA, O, SUI, and UDR

Should you be buying Equity Lifestyle Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Lifestyle Properties include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Invitation Home (INVH), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Realty Income (O), Sun Communities (SUI), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Equity Lifestyle Properties vs. Its Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Equity Lifestyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

In the previous week, Equity Lifestyle Properties had 1 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Equity Lifestyle Properties and 5 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. Equity Lifestyle Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.98 indicating that Equity Lifestyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equity Lifestyle Properties
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Equity Lifestyle Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Equity Lifestyle Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Equity Lifestyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Lifestyle Properties pays out 106.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Equity Lifestyle Properties has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a net margin of 24.13% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.72%. Equity Lifestyle Properties' return on equity of 21.12% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent23.72% 5.60% 3.29%
Equity Lifestyle Properties 24.13%21.12%6.49%

American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus price target of $39.69, indicating a potential upside of 21.56%. Equity Lifestyle Properties has a consensus price target of $71.05, indicating a potential upside of 16.20%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Equity Lifestyle Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Equity Lifestyle Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Lifestyle Properties has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Lifestyle Properties. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Lifestyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent$1.73B7.01$412.43M$1.1129.42
Equity Lifestyle Properties$1.53B7.76$367.01M$1.9331.68

Summary

Equity Lifestyle Properties beats American Homes 4 Rent on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ELS vs. The Competition

MetricEquity Lifestyle PropertiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.85B$6.72B$12.58B$21.67B
Dividend Yield3.39%4.64%5.50%3.56%
P/E Ratio31.6844.88245.3629.69
Price / Sales7.765.3830.8865.35
Price / Cash19.9421.9122.5624.87
Price / Book6.401.862.274.60
Net Income$367.01M$193.23M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.01%-1.48%0.04%1.74%
1 Month Performance2.74%-0.76%1.08%3.74%
1 Year Performance-12.03%-17.87%540.48%13.34%

Equity Lifestyle Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.7536 of 5 stars
$61.14
+0.3%
$71.05
+16.2%
-13.0%$11.85B$1.53B31.683,800Positive News
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.933 of 5 stars
$32.45
-0.5%
$39.83
+22.8%
-13.8%$12.10B$1.73B29.231,730Positive News
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AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.2548 of 5 stars
$193.49
-0.7%
$218.42
+12.9%
-13.8%$27.74B$2.91B23.832,988Analyst Downgrade
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.5116 of 5 stars
$106.34
-0.6%
$122.25
+15.0%
-13.9%$11.43B$1.56B74.371,660Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQR
Equity Residential
4.6477 of 5 stars
$64.06
-0.7%
$74.73
+16.7%
-13.2%$24.64B$2.98B24.172,500Analyst Downgrade
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.8715 of 5 stars
$266.11
-0.6%
$297.17
+11.7%
-8.8%$17.25B$1.77B21.391,715News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
INVH
Invitation Home
4.9231 of 5 stars
$29.02
-0.6%
$36.43
+25.6%
-16.4%$17.89B$2.62B32.971,750
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.6133 of 5 stars
$138.51
-0.8%
$162.53
+17.3%
-12.5%$16.34B$2.19B28.502,532Analyst Downgrade
O
Realty Income
4.1214 of 5 stars
$60.48
+0.3%
$62.36
+3.1%
-3.9%$55.15B$5.27B58.72400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3211 of 5 stars
$129.01
+0.3%
$137.86
+6.9%
-3.8%$16.11B$3.22B12.626,590Positive News
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7149 of 5 stars
$36.87
-0.8%
$44.38
+20.4%
-17.8%$12.32B$1.67B97.021,432Analyst Downgrade

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