Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates manufactured home communities, recreational vehicle resorts and marinas. Its properties provide residential sites for manufactured homes and park model homes, as well as vacation-oriented accommodations and facilities for RV owners and boaters.

The company serves a range of residents and travelers through long-term manufactured housing communities, seasonal and transient RV resorts, and marina properties. Its portfolio is concentrated in desirable locations across the United States, including coastal, lakefront and other popular vacation destinations, as well as select properties in Canada.

Equity LifeStyle Properties was founded in 1992 and became a publicly traded company in 1993. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Marguerite Nader.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $57.61 to $58.43
• 50-Day Range: $57.70 to $67.66
• 52-Week Range: $57.46 to $69.00
• Volume: 2.25 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.61 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.30 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.01
• Dividend Yield: 3.73%
• Price Target: $67.88
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Equity Lifestyle Properties Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Equity Lifestyle Properties scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 74th out of 186 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Equity Lifestyle Properties has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a consensus price target of $67.88, representing about 16.5% upside from its current price of $58.25.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Equity Lifestyle Properties has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Equity Lifestyle Properties are expected to grow by 5.31% in the coming year, from $3.20 to $3.37 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Equity Lifestyle Properties is 28.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Equity Lifestyle Properties is 28.01, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.23.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a PEG Ratio of 3.46. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a P/B Ratio of 6.22. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.81% of the float of Equity Lifestyle Properties has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.76.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Equity Lifestyle Properties has recently increased by 4.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Equity Lifestyle Properties is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.73%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Equity Lifestyle Properties has been increasing its dividend for 21 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Equity Lifestyle Properties is 104.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Equity Lifestyle Properties will have a dividend payout ratio of 64.39% next year. This indicates that Equity Lifestyle Properties will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.10

News Sentiment

Equity Lifestyle Properties has a news sentiment score of 0.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Equity Lifestyle Properties this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Equity Lifestyle Properties to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Equity Lifestyle Properties insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.80% of the stock of Equity Lifestyle Properties is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

97.21% of the stock of Equity Lifestyle Properties is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/10 Dividend: 6/26/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/10 Dividend: 6/26/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/10/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Record date for 10/9 Dividend: 9/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/9 Dividend: 9/25/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Residential REITs
• Sub-Industry: Single-Family Residential REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ELS
• CIK: 895417
• Web: www.equitylifestyleproperties.com
• Phone: (312) 279-1400
• Fax: 312-279-1710
• Employees: 3,700
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Equity Lifestyle Properties: $67.88
• High Price Target: $76.00
• Low Price Target: $59.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.08
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.01
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.20
• P/E Growth: 3.46
• Net Income: $386.51 million
• Net Margins: 25.92%
• Pretax Margin: 26.20%
• Return on Equity: 22.31%
• Return on Assets: 7.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 0.02
• Quick Ratio: 0.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.38
• Cash Flow: $3.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.65
• Book Value: $9.36 per share
• Price / Book: 6.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 194,070,000
• Free Float: 192,512,000
• Market Cap: $11.30 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.63