Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) vs Invitation Home (INVH)

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. and Invitation Home are both Reit Residential companies. Invitation Home is the larger, with a market value of $15.7B against $11.9B — 1.3× the size. Invitation Home trades at the lower P/E: 24.4× against 28.5×. Invitation Home grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.72% against 2.55%. Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. has the higher net margin (25.7% vs 23.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.4% vs 3.41%). Both pay a dividend; Invitation Home yields more (3.19% vs 2.86%). Across the 23 metrics below, Invitation Home leads on 15 and Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ELS INVH Reit Residential median
P/E 28.48 24.42 28.48
P/S 7.34 5.52 5.52
P/B 6.32 1.73 1.89
Price to free cash flow 32.98 9.78 18.04
EV/EBITDA 15.78 13.15 15.74
EV/Sales 7.68 7.01 8.08
Earnings yield 3.51% 4.09% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 3.03% 10.23% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric ELS INVH Reit Residential median
Gross margin 53.49% 56.37% 58.73%
Operating margin 34.48% 25.48% 20.57%
Net margin 25.71% 23.07% 20.81%
Free cash flow margin 22.27% 56.48% 20.24%
Return on equity 22.14% 7.01% 6.86%
Return on assets 6.97% 3.55% 3.17%
Return on invested capital 14.35% 3.41% 2.03%

Growth

Metric ELS INVH Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.55% 6.72% 2.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.55% 29.73% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.48% 8.41% 7.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.11% 24.56% 3.76%

Health

Metric ELS INVH Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 0.31 0.47 0.78
Current ratio 0.02 0.02 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 0.70 2.67 4.27

Dividend

Metric ELS INVH Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 2.86% 3.19% 4.63%
Payout ratio 1.12 1.33 1.35

Size

Metric ELS INVH Reit Residential median
Market cap 11.94b 15.65b 4.17b

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