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) Return on equity

Alert me on Return on equity

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 21.6%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.3% (fiscal 2015) to 22.2% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Reit Residential industry median of 6.07% and above the Real Estate sector median of 2.64%.

Return on equity, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 21.2% (0.85)
FY2024 22.1% 1.26
FY2023 20.8% 1.88
FY2022 19.0% 0.14
FY2021 18.8% 1.43
FY2020 17.4% (4.81)
FY2019 22.2% 3.65
FY2018 18.5% (0.03)
FY2017 18.6% 0.37
FY2016 18.2% 2.88

Against its own ten years

Low 15.3% High 22.2%
Ten-year median 18.8%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. 21.6%
CPT Camden Property Trust compare 7.64%
INVH Invitation Home compare 7.34%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. compare 6.72%
ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. compare 6.17%
AMH American Homes 4 Rent compare 6.07%
SUI Sun Communities, Inc. compare 3.78%
JAN Janus Living, Inc. compare 0.00%
UDR United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. compare 0.00%
Reit Residential industry median 6.07%
Real Estate sector median 2.64%
Market median 1.07%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

The full definition of Return on equity →

More on ELS