Equity Lifestyle Properties
ELS NYSE· Single-Family Residential REITs
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$59.49
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Equity Lifestyle Properties had $1.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.5% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 25.6%, up 0.6 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 26 is left after running the business.
- Equity Lifestyle Properties made $402M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 8.6% a year.
- Free cash flow was $334M in fiscal 2025, 21.8% of revenue.
- Equity Lifestyle Properties returned $388M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 116% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.8%.
- Equity Lifestyle Properties owes $3.3B more than it holds in cash, about 5.5 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$11.9B
P/E
29.7x
Revenue
$1.5B
Net income
$402M
Free cash flow
$334M
Operating margin
25.6%
Equity Lifestyle Properties in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+0.3%
Only a little. Sales grew 0.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
26.3%
Yes. It keeps 26.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
21.8%
Yes. 21.8% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
5.5x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 5.5 years of operating profit.
How is the share priced?
29.7x
One share costs 29.7 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 27.8x.
What Equity Lifestyle Properties does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 18, 2026
- Legal name
- EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
- CIK
- 0000895417
Equity Lifestyle Properties · ELS
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.5B |
| Revenue growth | 17.7% | 9.9% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 0.3% |
| Operating margin | 20.7% | 20.4% | 21.5% | 24.9% | 25.6% |
| Net income | $276M | $299M | $330M | $385M | $402M |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 20.7% | 22.1% | 25.2% | 26.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.43 | $1.53 | $1.69 | $1.96 | $2.01 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $509M | $476M | $548M | $597M | $571M |
| Capital expenditure | $398M | $133M | $317M | $241M | $237M |
| Free cash flow | $111M | $343M | $231M | $355M | $334M |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | 23.7% | 15.5% | 23.3% | 21.8% |
| Dividends paid | $262M | $296M | $326M | $351M | $388M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $123M | $22.3M | $29.9M | $24.6M | $26.1M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $3.3B | $3.4B | $3.5B | $3.2B | $3.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.8x | 6.8x | 6.7x | 5.4x | 5.5x |
| Interest coverage | 2.5x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.8x | 3.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7.6% | 7.7% |
| Return on equity | 20.8% | 20.9% | 22.9% | 24.3% | 23.0% |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.2M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Equity Lifestyle Properties · ELS
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Lifestyle Properties ELS | $11.9B | 0.3% | 25.6% | 21.8% | 7.7% | 29.7x | — |
| American Homes 4 Rent AMH | $11.5B | 7.0% | — | 44.5% | — | 25.3x | — |
| Sun Communities SUI | $14.4B | 2.0% | — | 17.7% | — | 10.4x | — |
| Invitation Homes INVH | $16.1B | 4.2% | — | — | — | 24.9x | — |
| Regency Centers REG | — | 6.9% | 72.3% | 25.3% | 7.7% | 25.5x | — |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $59.49 a share, the company is worth $11.9B: 29.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Equity Lifestyle Properties grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 4 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000895417). Data updated October 17, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.