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Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (NYSE: ELS) closed the day trading at $62.42 down -0.29% from the previous closing price of $62.60. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.29 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.09 million shares were traded. ELS stock price reached its highest trading level at $62.8 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $61.42.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ELS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 263.32 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 32.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.83 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.83.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on April 08, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $80.
On April 04, 2025, BMO Capital Markets Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform but kept the price unchanged to $78.
Deutsche Bank Upgraded its Hold to Buy on January 21, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $66 to $73.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 07 ’25 when Seavey Paul sold 10,000 shares for $64.72 per share. The transaction valued at 647,172 led to the insider holds 78,162 shares of the business.
Seavey Paul bought 10,000 shares of ELS for $652,100 on May 07 ’25. On Nov 12 ’24, another insider, Seavey Paul, who serves as the Member of immediate family of of the company, bought 59,985 shares for $71.30 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ELS now has a Market Capitalization of 12502288384 and an Enterprise Value of 15191830528. As of this moment, Equity’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 33.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 29.42. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.14 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.879 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.62.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ELS is 0.75, which has changed by -0.01654327 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ELS has reached a high of $76.54, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $58.86. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.86%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.66%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ELS traded about 1.55M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ELS traded about 1335870 shares per day. A total of 191.14M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 183.77M. Insiders hold about 3.88% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.82% stake in the company. Shares short for ELS as of 1745971200 were 4952038 with a Short Ratio of 3.19, compared to 1743379200 on 3135265. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4952038 and a Short% of Float of 3.5000000000000004.
Dividends & Splits
ELS’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.95, up from 1.948 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03111821The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.34. The current Payout Ratio is 97.60% for ELS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-28 with an ex-dividend date of 1750982400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2019-10-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
