Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.800-0.860 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.820. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Equity LifeStyle Properties also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.010-3.110 EPS.

Equity LifeStyle Properties Trading Up 3.1 %

NYSE ELS opened at $69.33 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.74, a PEG ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.79. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a 52 week low of $59.82 and a 52 week high of $76.60. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $67.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $69.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.03 and a current ratio of 0.03.

Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) last announced its earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.76. Equity LifeStyle Properties had a net margin of 23.97% and a return on equity of 24.10%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Equity LifeStyle Properties will post 2.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equity LifeStyle Properties Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th were paid a $0.477 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.91 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.75%. Equity LifeStyle Properties’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.45%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ELS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded shares of Equity LifeStyle Properties from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $66.00 to $73.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Evercore ISI upped their price target on shares of Equity LifeStyle Properties from $76.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Truist Financial upgraded shares of Equity LifeStyle Properties from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Equity LifeStyle Properties from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $72.00 to $80.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Equity LifeStyle Properties from $71.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Equity LifeStyle Properties presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $74.20.

About Equity LifeStyle Properties

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership and operation of lifestyle-oriented properties consisting primarily of manufactured home, and recreational vehicle communities. It operates through the following segments: Property Operations and Home Sales and Rentals Operations.