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EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC (ELS)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC, latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc owns and operates lifestyle-oriented real estate properties, primarily consisting of manufactured home and recreational vehicle communities, as well as marinas. The company leases land to customers who own homes, RVs, or boats, offering both long-term and short-term leasing options. Its properties are located across 35 U.S. states and British Columbia, serving retirees, vacationers, second homeowners, and first-time homebuyers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.53B
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.3%
Net income
$402.1M
Diluted EPS
$2.01
Gross margin
Operating margin
25.6%
Net margin
26.3%
FCF margin
ROE
22.2%
P/E (TTM)
31.4×
Market cap
$13.03B
Debt / equity
1.8×

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

What changed at Equity Lifestyle Properties

  • Revenue grew 0.3% to $1.5B in FY2025, slower than the 2.5% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 25.6% in FY2025, +4.9 pp against 20.7% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $398M, up 2.7% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Net income rose 4.5% to $402M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Equity Lifestyle Properties’s fundamentals sit among the 165 REITs. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin25.6%
54th percentile of 81
Net margin26.3%
72nd percentile of 156
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.3%
35th percentile of 161
ROE22.2%
95th percentile of 141
P/E (TTM)31.4×
55th percentile of 108
Debt / equity1.84×
72nd percentile of 99
Short interest5.46d
57th percentile of 154

Equity Lifestyle Properties’s return on equity of 22.2% ranks in the 95th percentile of the 141 REITs reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
7
2 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
1
0 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$210.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$68.3M1.1MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$55.1M883.1KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ1 2026$37.1M594.9KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ1 2026$15.5M248.8KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ1 2026$13.2M211.6KNew
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$11.2M180.2KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ1 2026$9.8M157.1KNew

No longer held by: Renaissance Technologies (as of Q1 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
7.7M
settled 2026-07-15
Change vs prior
+4.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.46
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.4M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-07-157.7M+4.6%5.46
2026-06-307.4M+2.4%4.34
2026-06-157.2M+1.8%4.81
2026-05-297.1M+5.5%4.42
2026-05-156.7M+13.5%5.06
2026-04-305.9M-0.6%3.67
2026-04-155.9M-5.5%5.31
2026-03-316.3M+2.7%4.38

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.53B$1.53B$1.49B$1.45B$1.32B
Gross profit
Operating income$391.3M$380.7M$320.1M$295.5M$272.2M
Net income$402.1M$384.8M$329.7M$298.8M$276.0M
Diluted EPS$2.01$1.96$1.69$1.53$1.43

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$26.1M$24.6M$29.9M$22.3M$123.4M
Current assets
Total assets$5.75B$5.65B$5.61B$5.49B$5.31B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$3.35B$3.20B$3.52B$3.39B$3.27B
Total liabilities$3.93B$3.82B$4.12B$3.98B$3.82B
Total equity$1.81B$1.82B$1.50B$1.52B$1.49B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$571.1M$596.7M$548.0M$475.8M$509.0M
Capital expenditure$132.8M$398.0M
Free cash flow$343.0M$111.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$397.6M2.7%$111.5M$0.56
Q4 FY2025$373.9M0.4%$0.52
Q3 FY2025$393.3M1.6%$100.4M$0.50
Q2 FY2025$376.9M-0.8%$83.5M$0.42
Q1 FY2025$387.3M0.2%$114.4M$0.57
Q4 FY2024$372.3M3.2%$0.51
Q3 FY2024$387.3M-0.4%$86.9M$0.44
Q2 FY2024$380.0M2.7%$82.1M$0.42

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorReal Estate
SIC industryReal Estate Investment Trusts
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2013
SEC CIK895417

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-18
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10-Q2026-04-28
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8-K2026-07-23
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8-K2026-05-27
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8-K2026-05-04
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8-K2026-04-29
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.