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ELS

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc. Common Stock

Real Estate · ·

$64.66

▼ $0.34 (-0.5%)

Market Cap

$12.54B

Day Range

$64.39 - $65.32

52-Week Range

$58.72 - $69.00

Beta

—

Next Earnings

20.10.2026

ELS is a stock from the Real Estate sector — REITs and real-estate companies — highly sensitive to interest rates and property prices.

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Investor Score
53/ 100C-
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈36FTechnical
💰64C+Fundamental
🚀50C-Growth
💎38FValuation
📰100A+News
🏦58CQuality
⚠️44DRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
  • 🟢 Return on equity (ROE): 22.9% — strong
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢 Operating margin: 25.6% — strong

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: $9.38 vs. price $64.66 (-85.5%)
  • 🔴 Free cash flow growth: -6.0%
  • 🔴 Debt/equity: 1.91
  • 🔴 MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
  • 🔴 -2.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟢 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🔴 Leverage risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 100. Reason: 10 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.

🟡 ELS Declares Third Quarter 2026 Dividend — PR Newswire🟢 ELS Declares Third Quarter 2026 Dividend — Yahoo🟡 The Fed's Crude Dilemma — SeekingAlpha

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (2 bullish · 7 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🔴MACD — MACD histogram is negative — falling momentum
  • 🔴RSI — RSI 48.3 — weak/negative bias
  • 🔴Stochastic — %K 8.0 — oversold
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength) — ADX 16.5 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -2.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴Bollinger Bands — Price is in the lower third of the Bollinger Bands (33%B) — weakness (chance of a recovery)
  • 🔴ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: -0.4%
  • 🔴Parabolic SAR — Price is below the SAR point — downtrend
  • 🟡CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: -0.00

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markup

The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Low confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟢Rising price trend — A 3.7% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
  • 🔴Divergence between price and cumulative money flow (A/D Line) — Price and the cumulative Accumulation/Distribution Line are moving in opposite directions — a classic Wyckoff sign that the move isn't backed by real money, and may be less stable than it looks.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟡 Range

The price is oscillating around the 200-day average with no clear direction — the method recommends great caution here (buying at the bottom of the range / selling at the top) or avoiding trading altogether.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟢 Price in value zone

The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.

In a range, the method doesn't give a single directional stop point — the market currently lacks a clear direction, consider waiting for a breakout from the range.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

—

Operating Margin

25.6%

Net Margin

26.3%

EBITDA Margin

39.2%

Efficiency

ROE

22.9%

ROA

7.0%

ROIC

—

EPS

$2.01

Balance Sheet

Cash

$26.13M

Total Debt

$3.35B

Current Ratio

—

Debt/Equity

1.91

Conclusions

  • 🟢Operating margin — Operating margin: 25.6% — strong
  • 🟢Net margin — Net margin: 26.3% — strong
  • 🟢Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 22.9% — strong
  • 🟡Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 7.0% — reasonable
  • 🔴Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 1.91
  • 🟡Interest coverage — Interest coverage: 3.0x

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟡Revenue growth (last year) — Revenue growth (last year): 0.3%
  • 🟡Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 2.6%
  • 🔴Free cash flow growth — Free cash flow growth: -6.0%
  • 🟡Net income growth — Net income growth: 4.5%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
26.6.2026$0.543
27.3.2026$0.543
26.12.2025$0.515
26.9.2025$0.515
27.6.2025$0.515
28.3.2025$0.515
27.12.2024$0.478
27.9.2024$0.478
28.6.2024$0.478
27.3.2024$0.478
28.12.2023$0.448
28.9.2023$0.448

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$64.66

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

$9.38

Gap

-85.5%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

1.9%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
11.9%$340.44M$312.33M
22.1%$347.45M$292.44M
32.2%$355.12M$274.21M
42.4%$363.47M$257.49M
52.5%$372.56M$242.14M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$334.06M

Terminal Value

$5.87B

Present Value of Terminal Value

$3.82B

Enterprise Value

$5.20B

Net Debt

$3.32B

Equity Value

$1.88B

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$8.78

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$8.50

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair Value — Estimated fair value: $9.38 vs. price $64.66 (-85.5%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: $8.50
  • 🟡P/E — P/E: 32.2

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Freedman ConstanceGrant/Award from Employer3.8.202616,525+62$55.26
Peppet Scott RGift31.7.202610,973-3,615—
Freedman ConstanceGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202616,463+377$51.65
CONTIS DAVID JGift1.5.20264,716-111—
CONTIS DAVID JGift1.5.20263,914-802—
CONTIS DAVID JGift1.5.20268,157+111—
CONTIS DAVID JGift1.5.20268,959+802—
Freedman ConstanceGrant/Award from Employer1.5.202616,086+60$53.77
CONTIS DAVID JGift29.4.20265,127-758—
CONTIS DAVID JGift29.4.20265,023-104—
CONTIS DAVID JGift29.4.20264,827-196—
CONTIS DAVID JGift29.4.20267,746+758—
CONTIS DAVID JGift29.4.20267,850+104—
CONTIS DAVID JGift29.4.20268,046+196—
HENEGHAN THOMASGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202646,645+14,375—
HENEGHAN THOMASGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202648,240+1,595—
Peppet Scott RGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202614,268+2,316$62.60
Peppet Scott RGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202614,588+320$62.60
Burks DerrickGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202612,217+2,316$62.60
Burks DerrickGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202612,536+319$62.60
Berkenfield AndrewGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202610,693+2,316$62.60
Berkenfield AndrewGrant/Award from Employer28.4.202610,813+120$62.60
CONTIS DAVID JGrant/Award from Employer28.4.20265,366+2,316$62.60
CONTIS DAVID JGrant/Award from Employer28.4.20265,685+319$62.60
CONTIS DAVID JGrant/Award from Employer28.4.20265,885+200$62.60

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

↑+4.6%

7,694,368 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 7,355,125 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

↑+30.0%

63.3% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 48.7% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 10 positive, 9 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 20 articles.