Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) vs United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. (UDR)

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. and United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. are both Reit Residential companies. United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.7B against $11.9B — 1.5× the size. United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.4× against 28.5×. Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.55% against 1.54%. United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. has the higher net margin (30.1% vs 25.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.47% vs 14.4%). Both pay a dividend; United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. yields more (4.88% vs 2.86%). Across the 23 metrics below, United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. leads on 15 and Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ELS UDR Reit Residential median
P/E 28.48 21.44 28.48
P/S 7.34 6.38 5.52
P/B 6.32 3.78 1.89
Price to free cash flow 32.98 31.49 18.04
EV/EBITDA 15.78 11.68 15.74
EV/Sales 7.68 9.32 8.08
Earnings yield 3.51% 4.66% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 3.03% 3.18% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric ELS UDR Reit Residential median
Gross margin 53.49% 62.83% 58.73%
Operating margin 34.48% 40.77% 20.57%
Net margin 25.71% 30.14% 20.81%
Free cash flow margin 22.27% 20.24% 20.24%
Return on equity 22.14% 16.75% 6.86%
Return on assets 6.97% 4.95% 3.17%
Return on invested capital 14.35% 5.47% 2.03%

Growth

Metric ELS UDR Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.55% 1.54% 2.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 2.55% 334.62% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.48% 6.65% 7.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.11% 44.09% 3.76%

Health

Metric ELS UDR Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 0.31 1.98 0.78
Current ratio 0.02 4.22 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 0.70 3.97 4.27

Dividend

Metric ELS UDR Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 2.86% 4.88% 4.63%
Payout ratio 1.12 1.47 1.35

Size

Metric ELS UDR Reit Residential median
Market cap 11.94b 17.68b 4.17b

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