Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

ELS Real Estate Reit Residential

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.5 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.22%
EPS
−10.0%
Free cash flow
+33.5%
Total debt
+19.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

62.55 2.25 +3.73%
Market cap
$12.6B
P/E
29.7×
Fwd P/E
28.8×
Dividend yield
3.56%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) Debt to equity

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Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.3×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (fiscal 2024) to 0.5× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Reit Residential industry median of 0.7× and below the Real Estate sector median of 0.8×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.3× 97.29%
FY2024 0.2× (57.06%)
FY2023 0.4× (22.95%)
FY2022 0.5× 5.26%
FY2021 0.4× 155.73%
FY2020 0.2× (37.35%)
FY2019 0.3× 63.16%
FY2018 0.2× (19.81%)
FY2017 0.2× 12.59%
FY2016 0.2× (8.13%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.3× 2.47%
Jun 2026 0.3× 7.46%
Mar 2026 0.3× (3.11%)
Dec 2025 0.3× 12.28%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 0.5×
Ten-year median 0.2×
Current reading's percentile 73

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
JAN Janus Living, Inc. compare 0.0×
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. 0.3×
INVH Invitation Home compare 0.5×
AMH American Homes 4 Rent compare 0.7×
SUI Sun Communities, Inc. compare 0.7×
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. compare 1.1×
ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. compare 1.2×
CPT Camden Property Trust compare 1.3×
UDR United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. compare 1.8×
Reit Residential industry median 0.7×
Real Estate sector median 0.8×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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