Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ELS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$59.08−0.15 (−0.3%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryEquity LifeStyle Properties slides near its 52-week lows this week after Mizuho downgraded the stock to Neutral from Outperform, cutting its price target from $72 to $65, citing high interest rates, persistent inflation, geopolitical tensions and softer travel demand affecting manufactured housing REITs. Alongside the downgrade coverage, the company's Q2 revenue of $397.81 million, up 5.5% year-over-year, is noted, though earnings per share missed consensus estimates. Separately, one commentary initiated coverage with a buy rating, citing growth drivers tied to demand for cost-effective housing.
ELS closes at $59.08, down 0.3%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $63.53 and 200-day average of $63.73, with the 50-day below the 200-day. Over the past month the shares are down 7.6%, and down 8.7% over three months, trading near the 52-week low of $58.70 against a high of $69.00. The GekkoIndex reads 73.7, placing ELS in the Buying zone. Gekko Fair Value stands at $59.65, putting price about 1% below that mark.
The next earnings date falls on 28 October, 29 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonality data shows the next 20 trading days have averaged a 1.6% gain over 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Analyst coverage shows 10 firms, with 3 rating it buy and 7 hold, and a consensus target of $70.05.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Equity Lifestyle Properties price vs fair value
Close $59.08200-day averageGekko Fair Value $59.65
Equity Lifestyle Properties quick facts
- Market cap
- $11.47B
- P/E ratio
- 28.6
- Forward P/E
- 28.6
- EPS, TTM
- $2.07
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.57B
- Profit margin
- 25.6%
- Dividend yield
- 3.58%
- Beta
- 0.65
- Volume
- 2.02M avg 1.61M
- 1-year return
- −1.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.2%
- 50-day average
- $63.53
- 200-day average
- $63.73
- Next earnings
- Oct 28
- Shares outstanding
- 194.1M
Equity Lifestyle Properties swing-trade checklist
Equity Lifestyle Properties scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $59.08 is below the 50-day ($63.53) and 200-day ($63.73) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
73.7, Buying
Reading 73.7 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
1.0% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (1% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 29 days
Next report Oct 28, 2026, 29 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+1.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.6% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Equity Lifestyle Properties stock chart and price history
Equity Lifestyle Properties closed at $59.08 on Sep 28, 2026, −1.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $58.70 to $69.00.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −7.6%
- 3 months
- −8.7%
- 6 months
- −4.9%
- 1 year
- −1.5%
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About Equity Lifestyle Properties
Equity Lifestyle Properties owns a broad network of residential communities, leasing home sites to residents rather than building or selling houses itself. It has become known for the sheer size of its holdings, with hundreds of communities stretching across most of the country and reaching into one Canadian province, together holding well over a hundred thousand individual sites.
The firm manages its own real estate rather than hiring an outside company to do so, functioning as a self-managed real estate investment trust. Revenue comes chiefly from rent paid on the many sites within its communities, with residents as its core customer base across this wide portfolio of properties.
Equity Lifestyle Properties is headquartered in Chicago. Its stock trades under the ticker ELS.
- Sector
- Finance
- Website
- equitylifestyleproperties.com
Equity Lifestyle Properties GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Equity Lifestyle Properties’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 73.7, in the Buying zone, up 1.8 points over five sessions.
73.7Buying
Up 1.8 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 19 | +1.4% | +0.9% | ||
| Accumulation | 254 | +0.1% | +0.4% | ||
| Neutral | 338 | −0.2% | −0.2% | ||
| Distribution | 14 | −0.7% | −4.3% | ||
| Selling | 0 | Not available | |||
Average ELS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is Equity Lifestyle Properties stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Equity Lifestyle Properties trades 1.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $59.65, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Equity Lifestyle Properties shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$59.65
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
1.0% below fair value · About fair value
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Equity Lifestyle Properties insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Equity Lifestyle Properties, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ELS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Equity Lifestyle Properties has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, year ended Dec 31, 2016
- $229K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.00%
From company filings.
Equity Lifestyle Properties earnings: next date and track record
Equity Lifestyle Properties reports on Oct 28, 2026 (29 days away).
Next earnings report
Oct 28, 2026
29 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.51
- Revenue estimate
- $403.1M
Equity Lifestyle Properties stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Equity Lifestyle Properties is $70.05, +18.6% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$70.05consensus 12-month target, +18.6% from the last close
Now $59.08Avg $70.05
Low $62.50High $77
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | Mizuho Securities | $65 | +10.0% |
| Sep 21 | Evercore ISI | $68 | +15.1% |
| Sep 14 | Evercore ISI | $69 | +16.8% |
| Sep 11 | Truist Financial | $64 | +8.3% |
| Aug 31 | Wells Fargo | — | — |
+0.9%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+1.6%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Equity Lifestyle Properties seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Equity Lifestyle Properties averaged +1.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +4.1% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, ELS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.2%.
Equity Lifestyle Properties market cap and key statistics
Equity Lifestyle Properties’s market cap is $11.47B, with a P/E ratio of 28.6 and revenue of $1.57B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $11.47B
- P/E ratio
- 28.6
- Forward P/E
- 28.6
- EPS, TTM
- $2.07
- Gekko Fair Value
- $59.65
Trading
- Volume
- 2.02M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.61M
- 52-week high
- $69.00
- 52-week low
- $58.70
- Shares outstanding
- 194.1M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.57B
- Profit margin
- 25.6%
- Return on equity
- 22.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +19.1%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.65
- Typical daily move
- ±1.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.2%
- Dividend yield
- 3.58%
Equity Lifestyle Properties stock news this week
Coverage of Equity Lifestyle Properties this week reads negative: 0 positive, 0 neutral and 6 negative headlines.
- Equity LifeStyle (ELS) Slides Near 52-Week Lows: Can Core Rental Stability Offset Higher Rates?Insider Monkey, Sep 23
- Equity Lifestyle Properties: Single-Family REIT Showing A Growth Case, Despite Mizuho DowngradeSeeking Alpha, Sep 23
- Equity LifeStyle Properties stock falls after Mizuho cuts targetAD HOC NEWS, Sep 22
- Mizuho downgrades Equity LifeStyle Properties stock rating on macro concernsInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 22
- Equity LifeStyle cut to Neutral as Mizuho steps to the sidelines on manufactured housing sector (ELS:NYSE)Seeking Alpha, Sep 21
- Equity Lifestyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) Receives "Neutral" Rating from MizuhoMarketBeat, Sep 21
Equity Lifestyle Properties stock FAQ
What is Equity Lifestyle Properties’s market cap?
Equity Lifestyle Properties’s market cap is $11.47B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $59.08, with 194.1M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 28.6.
What is the Equity Lifestyle Properties stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Equity Lifestyle Properties is $70.05, +18.6% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Equity Lifestyle Properties stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Equity Lifestyle Properties is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $59.08 is 1.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $59.65. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Equity Lifestyle Properties report earnings next?
Equity Lifestyle Properties is expected to report on Oct 28, 2026 (29 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.51 per share on revenue of $403.1M.
What is Equity Lifestyle Properties’s 52-week high and low?
Equity Lifestyle Properties’s 52-week high is $69.00 and its 52-week low is $58.70; it closed at $59.08 on Sep 28, 2026, −1.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $88.70 on Dec 31, 2021.
Is Equity Lifestyle Properties stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (fair value) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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