ELS Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Equity Lifestyle Props | NYSE:ELS)

Equity Lifestyle Properties is a residential REIT that focuses on owning manufactured housing, residential vehicle communities, and marinas. The company currently has a portfolio of 455 properties across the US with a higher concentration in the Sunbelt; 38% of the company's properties are in Florida, 12% in Arizona, and 8% in California. Equity Lifestyle targets owning properties in attractive retirement destinations. More than 70% of the company's properties are either age-restricted or have an average resident age over 55.

Equity Lifestyle Props trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol ELS.

As of March 20, 2026, ELS stock price declined to $64.22 with 2,088,600 million shares trading.

ELS has a market cap of $12.45 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Equity Lifestyle Props reported $374 million in Revenue and $.79 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-5 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.17.

In the last 3 years, ELS traded as high as $76.60 and as low as $58.15.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that ELS belongs to (by Net Assets): VNQ, IJH, VTI, VB, VBK.

ELS has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -2.6% while the SPY ETF gained +15.6%. However, in the short term, ELS had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +6.3% vs -4.7% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, ELS shares have been beat by the market, returning -5.2% compared to an SPY return of -4.8%.

ELS support price is $64.42 and resistance is $66.02 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that ELS shares will trade within this expected range on the day.