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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

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

Equity Lifestyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 pays out 111.1% 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 has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Equity Lifestyle Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Equity Lifestyle Properties presently has a consensus target price of $73.32, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. Given Equity Lifestyle Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equity Lifestyle Properties is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equity Lifestyle Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 1 more articles in the media than Equity Lifestyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 10 mentions for Equity Lifestyle Properties. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Equity Lifestyle Properties' score of 0.78 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a net margin of 23.99% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.41%. Equity Lifestyle Properties' return on equity of 21.99% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equity Lifestyle Properties23.99% 21.99% 6.49%
American Homes 4 Rent 23.41%5.45%3.21%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equity Lifestyle Properties$1.53B7.74$367.01M$1.9332.03
American Homes 4 Rent$1.73B7.78$412.43M$1.0833.65

Summary

Equity Lifestyle Properties beats American Homes 4 Rent on 11 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$11.82B$7.17B$12.07B$20.79B
Dividend Yield3.37%4.95%5.58%3.67%
P/E Ratio32.0363.7919.1927.50
Price / Sales7.745.6126.3685.54
Price / Cash20.0723.0121.3421.88
Price / Book6.471.972.334.66
Net Income$367.01M$193.23M$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-0.02%-0.22%0.12%-0.69%
1 Month Performance-1.14%0.35%4.90%5.41%
1 Year Performance-10.37%-11.56%541.37%9.18%

Equity Lifestyle Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.4043 of 5 stars
$61.82
+0.1%
$73.32
+18.6%
-9.1%$11.82B$1.53B32.033,800News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.6034 of 5 stars
$35.42
-0.5%
$40.90
+15.5%
-0.6%$13.11B$1.73B32.801,730News Coverage
Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.6101 of 5 stars
$202.38
-0.1%
$235.86
+16.5%
-1.7%$28.81B$2.91B25.202,988Analyst Forecast
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.259 of 5 stars
$113.35
-0.6%
$129.39
+14.1%
+2.6%$12.11B$1.54B103.991,660Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQR
Equity Residential
4.4962 of 5 stars
$66.67
-0.3%
$79.19
+18.8%
-3.0%$25.33B$2.98B25.452,500Analyst Forecast
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2213 of 5 stars
$283.59
-0.2%
$310.28
+9.4%
+2.7%$18.26B$1.77B27.141,715Positive News
Analyst Forecast
INVH
Invitation Home
4.5741 of 5 stars
$32.29
-1.0%
$37.97
+17.6%
-10.2%$19.79B$2.62B41.941,750Analyst Forecast
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.5524 of 5 stars
$150.09
-0.3%
$169.76
+13.1%
+5.4%$17.57B$2.19B31.272,532Analyst Forecast
O
Realty Income
3.3468 of 5 stars
$57.50
-0.3%
$61.15
+6.4%
+0.7%$51.93B$5.27B52.27400Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3108 of 5 stars
$128.20
-0.8%
$138.08
+7.7%
-0.9%$16.36B$3.22B206.776,590Analyst Forecast
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7545 of 5 stars
$40.91
+0.3%
$46.44
+13.5%
-1.0%$13.55B$1.67B116.891,432Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ELS) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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