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 has a portfolio of 453 properties across the US with a higher concentration in the Sun Belt; 38% of its properties are in Florida, 11% in Arizona, and 10% 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 October 20, 2026, ELS stock price climbed to $61.97 with 2,028,181 million shares trading.

ELS has a beta of -0.04, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. ELS has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.

ELS has a market cap of $12.03 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Equity Lifestyle Props reported $398 million in Revenue and $.74 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $16 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.02.

In the last 3 years, ELS traded as high as $76.60 and as low as $57.46.

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 return of +2.6%, while the SPY ETF gained +15.7%. In the last 3 month period, ELS fell short of the market, returning -4.2%, while SPY returned +3.9%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks ELS has outperformed the stock market by returning +5.5%, while SPY returned -1.3%.

ELS support price is $60.34 and resistance is $61.70 (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.