Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS)

NYSE: ELS · USD

$58.0

-1.52 (-2.6%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	11.7B
Revenue (ttm)	1.6B
Net income (ttm)	391.1M
EPS (ttm)	$2.02
Shares out	201.1M
P/E (trailing)	28.7x
P/E (forward)	27.1x
Dividend	$2.17 (3.75%)
Volume	1,941,927
Beta	0.64

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.6B
Net income (ttm): 391.1M
EPS (ttm): $2.02
P/E (trailing): 28.7x
P/E (forward): 27.1x
Market cap: 11.7B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E27.1

P25 11.8P50 26.8P75 44.2

Trailing P/E28.7

P25 14P50 22.5P75 42.8

ROE22.3

P25 -2P50 3.9P75 8.9

ROIC10.5

P25 0.5P50 2.5P75 4.8

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000895417
Company name	Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	29472R108
Earnings date	2026-10-20
Earnings time	amc
Employees	3,700
Employees change	-100
Employees growth	-2.63%
Enterprise value	$14.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1992
Industry	REIT - Residential
IPO date	1993-02-24
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US29472R1086
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-18
Last earnings date	2026-10-20
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2019-10-16
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$11.7B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-01-27
Options	Yes
Price	$57.97
Price currency	USD
Sector	Real Estate
SIC code	6798
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	ELS
U.S. state	Illinois
Website	https://www.equitylifestyleproperties.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	29.66x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	41.65x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	33.49x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	38.65x
Earnings yield	3.48%
EV/Earnings	38.52x
EV/EBIT	27.26x
EV/EBITDA	19.54x
EV/FCF	43.62x
EV/Sales	9.5x
FCF / EV yield	2.29%
FCF yield	2.93%
Forward EV/Sales	9.29x
Forward P/E	27.12x
Forward P/S	7.27x
Graham number	20.22926
Graham upside	-65.47%
Industry forward P/E	43.69x
Industry P/E	39.72x
Lynch fair value	$16.91
Lynch upside	-71.14%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	34.78x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	20.25x
P/B ratio	6.6x
P/E ratio	28.72x
P/FCF ratio	34.12x
P/FFO ratio	18.86x
P/OCF ratio	20.02x
P/S ratio	7.43x
PEG ratio	4.99x
Price / tangible book value	6.74x
Price/EBITDA ratio	15.28x
Sector forward P/E	30.05x
Sector P/E	41.38x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	34.86%
EBITDA margin	48.64%
Effective tax rate	2.4%
FCF margin	22.03%
Gross margin	53.87%
Operating margin	34.86%
Pretax margin	26.11%
Profit margin	24.66%
Profit per employee	$105,705
Profitable quarters	58
Profitable years	20
Revenue per employee	$428,575
ROA	6%
ROA (5Y)	5.35%
ROCE	10.14%
ROE	22.34%
ROE (5Y)	21.36%
ROIC	10.53%
SBC / revenue	0.42%
Tax / revenue	0.63%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	1.26%
EPS growth (Q)	-11.13%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-10.33%
EPS growth 10Y	7.83%
EPS growth 3Y	8.36%
EPS growth 5Y	7.13%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	5
Net income growth	2.38%
Net income growth (Q)	-11.02%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-10.27%
Net income growth 3Y	9.82%
Net income growth 5Y	8.38%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	5
OCF growth	1.57%
OCF growth 10Y	5.97%
OCF growth 3Y	10.28%
OCF growth 5Y	1.12%
Revenue growth	3.51%
Revenue growth (Q)	3.77%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	2.87%
Revenue growth 10Y	6.3%
Revenue growth 3Y	2.51%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.74%
Revenue growth quarters	4
Revenue growth years	22

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-243.2M
Depreciation and amortization	$214.7M
EBIT	$552.7M
EBITDA	$771.3M
EPS	$2.02
FCF per share	$1.72
Free cash flow	$345.4M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$338.8M
Funds from operations (FFO)	$622.1M
Gross profit	$854.3M
Income taxes	$9.9M
Investing cash flow	$-229.2M
Net cash flow	$2.6M
Net income	$391.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$582.1M
Operating income	$552.7M
Revenue	$1.6B
Stock-based compensation	$6.6M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$9.01
Debt / EBITDA	4.29
Debt / equity	1.83
Debt / FCF	9.58
Interest coverage	4.06
Net cash (debt)	$-3.3B
Net cash / market cap	-27.86%
Net debt / EBITDA	4.26
Net debt / equity	1.82
Net debt / FCF	9.5
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$5.5B
Shareholders' equity	$1.8B
Tangible book value	$1.7B
Tangible book value per share	$9.01
Total assets	$5.8B
Total cash	$24.3M
Total debt	$3.3B
Total liabilities	$4B
WACC	6.96%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.28
Current ratio	0.17
Net working capital	$-283.4M
Quick ratio	0.08
Working capital	$-259.1M

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.06%
Dividend growth	5.93%
Dividend growth (10Y)	10.01%
Dividend growth (3Y)	6.93%
Dividend growth (5Y)	8.42%
Dividend growth years	20
Dividend payment date	2026-10-09
Dividend payment years	34
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.17
Dividend yield	3.75%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-25
FCF payout ratio	125.91%
Last dividend	$0.54
Payout ratio	107.52%
Shareholder yield	3.64%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	58.84%
10Y return CAGR	7.44%
10Y total return	104.99%
150-day SMA	$62.86
15Y price change	253.51%
15Y return CAGR	11.62%
15Y total return	420.35%
1D price change	-2.56%
1M price change	-2.28%
1M total return	-2.28%
1W price change	-6.6%
1W total return	-6.6%
1Y price change	-6.51%
1Y return CAGR	-3.2%
1Y total return	-3.19%
20-day SMA	$59.52
200-day SMA	$63.55
20Y price change	380.21%
20Y return CAGR	10.81%
20Y total return	679.27%
3M price change	-11.02%
3M total return	-10.2%
3Y price change	-10.04%
3Y return CAGR	-0.37%
3Y total return	-1.11%
50-day SMA	$60.98
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$69.00
52-week high date	2026-03-13
52-week low	$57.46
52-week low date	2026-10-01
5Y price change	-31.65%
5Y return CAGR	-4.63%
5Y total return	-21.09%
6M price change	-7.79%
6M total return	-6.13%
All-time high	$88.70
All-time high date	2021-12-31
All-time low	$3.44
All-time low date	1993-02-25
Average true range (ATR)	$1.38
Average volume	2.2M
Beta (1Y)	0
Beta (2Y)	0.05
Beta (5Y)	0.64
Change from 52-week high	-15.99%
Change from 52-week low	0.9%
Change from all-time high	-34.75%
Change from all-time low	1,583.54%
Change from open	-1.33%
Day's gap	-1.24%
Dollar volume	$112.6M
High price	$58.84
Low price	$57.87
Monthly RSI	40.15
Open price	$58.75
Position in 52-week range	10.31%
Premarket change	-0.15%
Premarket close	$59.49
Premarket price	$59.40
Previous close	$59.49
Price vs 150-day SMA	-7.92%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-2.75%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-8.92%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-5.08%
Relative volume	0.88
RSI	39.67
Sharpe ratio	-0.29
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.14
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.3
Sortino ratio	-0.11
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.1
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.17
Volume	1.9M
Weekly RSI	37.19
YTD price change	-4.5%
YTD total return	-1.94%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	192.4M
Float percentage	95.67%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.02%
Shares change (YoY)	0.06%
Shares held by insiders	0.76%
Shares held by institutions	109.5%
Shares outstanding	201.1M
Short % of float	5.38%
Short % of shares	5.14%
Short ratio	6.3 days

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Forecast

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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