Real Estate
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.(ELS)
Live Price
Offline$64.83
+1.39% today
1Y Change
-0.34%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $12.12B
- Revenue Growth
- +6.8%
- EPS Growth
- -1.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.3%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) is a Real Estate stock with a market cap of $12.12B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $64.83 and down 0.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.8%, EPS growth of -1.5%, a dividend yield of 3.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.8%, EPS -1.5%, free cash flow -6.0% with operating margin 34.6% and ROIC 10.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.3%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 31.4 and price/sales 7.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ELS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Real Estate peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+6.8% vs +11.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+34.6% vs +59.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
31.4 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 20, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +6.8% and EPS is at -1.5%, with operating margin around 34.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 20, 2026 | โ | -1.5% | -4.9% | -5.9% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | +45.8% | +1.4% | +5.9% | +9.5% |
2025 Oct 22, 2025 | +61.3% | -3.8% | -5.6% | -3.2% |
Benchmark Edge
ELS vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
ELS
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
ELS Max Drawdown
-11.12%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for ELS and SPY.
Company Overview
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
We are a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) with headquarters in Chicago. As of January 25, 2021, we own or have an interest in 423 quality properties in 33 states and British Columbia consisting of 161,229 sites.
- Leadership
- Marguerite Nader
- IPO Date
- Feb 25, 1993
- Employees
- 3.8k
- Street Address
- Two North Riverside Plaza
- Mailing
- Chicago, IL, 60606
- Region
- Chicago, IL, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 312-279-1400
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 31.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 25.3
- Price/Sales
- 7.8
- Price/Book
- 6.9
Growth
- Revenue
- +6.8%
- EPS
- -1.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- -6.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 31.5%
- Operating Margin
- 34.6%
- Net Margin
- 24.7%
- ROE
- 22.0%
- ROIC
- 10.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.87
- Current Ratio
- 0.18
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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