Equity Lifestyle Properties is a reit - residential business based in the US. Equity Lifestyle Properties shares (ELS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $68.47 – an increase of 0.29% over the previous week. Equity Lifestyle Properties employs 3,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.5 billion.
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Equity Lifestyle Properties price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $68.47 from 2025-03-21
1 week (2025-03-14)
2.12%
1 month (2025-02-24)
2.16%
3 months (2024-12-24)
1.02%
6 months (2024-09-24)
-6.12%
1 year (2024-03-22)
5.88%
2 years (2023-03-23)
16.65%
3 years (2022-03-23)
1.14%
5 years (2020-03-23)
69.86%
Is Equity Lifestyle Properties stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Equity Lifestyle Properties stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Equity Lifestyle Properties's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Equity Lifestyle Properties's P/E ratio
Equity Lifestyle Properties's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 35x. In other words, Equity Lifestyle Properties shares trade at around 35x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Equity Lifestyle Properties's PEG ratio
Equity Lifestyle Properties's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.9112. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Equity Lifestyle Properties's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Equity Lifestyle Properties's EBITDA
Equity Lifestyle Properties's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $724.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Equity Lifestyle Properties's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Equity Lifestyle Properties financials
Revenue TTM
$1.5 billion
Operating margin TTM
37.5%
Gross profit TTM
$807.1 million
Return on assets TTM
5.72%
Return on equity TTM
23.16%
Profit margin
23.95%
Book value
$9.11
Market Capitalization
$13.8 billion
TTM: trailing 12 months
Equity Lifestyle Properties share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 101.25% of net profits
Recently Equity Lifestyle Properties has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Equity Lifestyle Properties shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Equity Lifestyle Properties's case, that would currently equate to about $1.91 per share.
Equity Lifestyle Properties's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Equity Lifestyle Properties's most recent dividend payout was on 10 April 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 27 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Equity Lifestyle Properties's shares ever split?
Equity Lifestyle Properties's shares were
split on a 2:1 basis on 15 October 2019
. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Equity Lifestyle Properties shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Equity Lifestyle Properties shares which in turn could have impacted Equity Lifestyle Properties's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Equity Lifestyle Properties's shares have ranged in value from as little as $58.5652 up to $75.5459. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Equity Lifestyle Properties's is 0.8. This would suggest that Equity Lifestyle Properties's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Equity Lifestyle Properties overview
We are a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) with headquarters in Chicago. As of January 27, 2025, we own or have an interest in 452 properties in 35 states and British Columbia consisting of 173,201 sites. .
Frequently asked questions
null What percentage of Equity Lifestyle Properties is owned by insiders or institutions? Currently 4.668% of Equity Lifestyle Properties shares are held by insiders and 102.688% by institutions.How many people work for Equity Lifestyle Properties? Latest data suggests 3,800 work at Equity Lifestyle Properties.When does the fiscal year end for Equity Lifestyle Properties? Equity Lifestyle Properties's fiscal year ends in December.Where is Equity Lifestyle Properties based? Equity Lifestyle Properties's address is: Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States, 60606-2682What is Equity Lifestyle Properties's ISIN number? Equity Lifestyle Properties's international securities identification number is: US29472R1086What is Equity Lifestyle Properties's CUSIP number? Equity Lifestyle Properties's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 564682102
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