Equity LifeStyle Properties/$ELS
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About Equity LifeStyle Properties
Equity Lifestyle Properties is a residential REIT that focuses on owning manufactured housing, residential vehicle communities, and marinas. The company has a portfolio of 453 properties across the US with a higher concentration in the Sun Belt; 38% of its properties are in Florida, 11% in Arizona, and 10% in California. Equity Lifestyle targets owning properties in attractive retirement destinations. More than 70% of the company's properties are either age-restricted or have an average resident age over 55.
- Ticker
- $ELS
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 3,700
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
ELS Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$11B
29.16
$2.02
0.64
$2.14
3.69%
Price and volume
Market cap
$11B
Beta
0.64
52-week high
$69.00
52-week low
$57.46
Average daily volume
2.1M
Dividend rate
$2.14
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.169
Quick ratio
0.036
Long term debt to equity
1.831
Total debt to equity
1.831
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
104.87%
Interest coverage (TTM)
4.10%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
771.252
Gross margin (TTM)
54.01%
Net profit margin (TTM)
24.66%
Operating margin (TTM)
35.17%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
2.40%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$430,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
6.05%
Return on equity (TTM)
22.34%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
29.159
Price to revenue (TTM)
7.167
Price to book
6.53
Price to tangible book (TTM)
6.53
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
19.211
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.21%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.063
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.64%
Forward dividend yield
3.69%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
3.51%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
1.26%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
2.62%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.33%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
8.36%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
7.83%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
6.93%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
10.01%
What the Analysts think about ELS
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Equity LifeStyle Properties stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Equity LifeStyle Properties stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Manufactured housing is delivering reliable growth: core base rent rose 5.7% year on year in the third quarter, with 99 net occupied sites added. Management’s preliminary 2027 rent-growth assumption is about 5.1%. (SEC)
ELS is turning revenue growth into stronger property income. Third-quarter core revenue rose 4.4% while operating expenses rose just 1.3%, lifting core property operating income by 6.7% and normalized FFO per share by 4.6%. (SEC)
Recurring RV income and membership subscriptions are growing despite softer short-stay demand. Annual RV and marina rent rose 5.3% and membership subscriptions rose 8.4% in the quarter, supporting a more predictable revenue base. (SEC)
Seasonal and transient RV demand is weakening: their combined base rental income fell 5.6% in the quarter and 9.3% year to date. Total core RV and marina rent grew just 0.8% over the first nine months of 2026. (SEC)
Manufactured-housing occupancy remains below last year’s level, at 93.8% versus 94.3% in the third quarter of 2025. That leaves ELS needing to fill more sites as well as raise rents to sustain growth. (SEC)
Financing costs are rising faster than underlying growth: interest and related amortisation expense increased 5.2% year on year over the first nine months, while normalized FFO per share grew 4.0%. Persistent borrowing-cost pressure could weigh on future earnings growth. (SEC)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 22 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing ELS
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Fund name | Fund size | $ELS weighting |
|---|---|---|
VanEck Global Real Estate£TREG | €448M | 0.81% |
VanEck Global Real Estate€TRET | €448M | 0.81% |
iShares Developed Markets Property Yield£IWDP | $1.2B | 0.67% |
iShares Developed Markets Property Yield$IDWP | $1.2B | 0.67% |
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats€SPYD | $3.8B | 0.46% |
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