Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Competitors

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ELS vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, CPT, UMH, AIV, and O

Should you be buying Equity LifeStyle Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity LifeStyle Properties include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Realty Income (O). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Equity LifeStyle Properties vs.

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $235.73, indicating a potential upside of 7.41%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus price target of $73.78, indicating a potential upside of 10.55%. Given Equity LifeStyle Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Equity LifeStyle Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

AvalonBay Communities received 324 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.29% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
674
60.29%
Underperform Votes
444
39.71%
Equity LifeStyle PropertiesOutperform Votes
350
57.10%
Underperform Votes
263
42.90%

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 89.6% 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 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Equity LifeStyle Properties' net margin of 24.05%. Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity of 23.12% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities37.13% 9.15% 5.15%
Equity LifeStyle Properties 24.05%23.12%6.51%

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 24 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 11 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. Equity LifeStyle Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.69 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
AvalonBay Communities
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equity LifeStyle Properties
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. AvalonBay Communities 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
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B10.71$928.83M$7.5928.92
Equity LifeStyle Properties$1.53B8.35$367.01M$1.9534.22

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ELS vs. The Competition

MetricEquity LifeStyle PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.75B$7.04B$11.94B$20.24B
Dividend Yield2.88%7.76%5.72%3.67%
P/E Ratio34.2351.4330.2944.86
Price / Sales8.357.8327.7516.09
Price / Cash22.2317.5118.3520.34
Price / Book6.992.512.705.75
Net Income$367.01M$169.99M$1.07B$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.53%-0.88%-0.61%-0.73%
1 Month Performance2.48%3.20%4.54%3.70%
1 Year Performance0.43%10.32%18.34%18.75%

Equity LifeStyle Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
4.356 of 5 stars
$66.88
+1.0%
$73.78
+10.3%
-1.8%$12.78B$1.53B34.304,000Dividend Increase
Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
3.6213 of 5 stars
$219.32
-0.4%
$235.07
+7.2%
+25.0%$31.20B$2.91B28.903,039Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQR
Equity Residential
3.8178 of 5 stars
$70.90
-0.6%
$78.36
+10.5%
+19.9%$26.90B$2.98B26.062,400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2406 of 5 stars
$290.80
-0.5%
$306.53
+5.4%
+25.9%$18.69B$1.77B25.201,750Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.4322 of 5 stars
$156.82
-0.8%
$166.00
+5.9%
+24.2%$18.33B$2.19B35.012,427Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SUI
Sun Communities
3.0024 of 5 stars
$125.50
+0.3%
$134.55
+7.2%
-0.7%$15.99B$3.22B67.476,780
UDR
UDR
4.3964 of 5 stars
$42.80
-0.2%
$46.12
+7.7%
+19.7%$14.12B$1.67B171.201,410Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.0033 of 5 stars
$119.46
+0.3%
$126.03
+5.5%
+25.8%$12.74B$1.54B79.641,640Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.4783 of 5 stars
$18.14
+0.1%
$21.25
+17.2%
+22.7%$1.43B$220.93M139.51460Short Interest ↑
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.2554 of 5 stars
$8.89
+0.2%
N/A+16.6%$1.26B$186.99M-5.1460Short Interest ↑
O
Realty Income
4.2747 of 5 stars
$53.95
-0.3%
$61.81
+14.6%
+2.7%$47.22B$5.01B51.39400Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ELS) was last updated on 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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