Is that what Sustainable Earning stands for?: Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS)

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [ELS] stock is trading at $66.05, down -2.90%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ELS shares have lost -0.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.52%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE: ELS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 04, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $78 for it. Previously, Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to Buy on January 21, 2025, and elevated its price target to $73. On January 17, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $80 on January 02, 2025. Jefferies initiated its recommendation with a Hold and recommended $72 as its price target on October 17, 2024. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on September 19, 2024, and upped its price target to $82. In a note dated February 09, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $75.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [ELS] stock has fluctuated between $59.75 and $76.54 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $72 within the next 12 months. Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE: ELS] shares were valued at $66.05 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.01% based on the average ELS price forecast.

Analyzing the ELS fundamentals

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE:ELS] reported sales of 1.54B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 3.24%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.42% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.38%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.25%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.25 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.84.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 64.85 points at the first support level, and at 63.64 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 68.20, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 70.35.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.59, the price to book ratio is 7.25 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 35.03.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Seavey Paul, Member of immediate family of, that happened on Nov 12 ’24 when 59985.0 shares were purchased. EVP & Chief Financial Officer, Seavey Paul completed a deal on Sep 17 ’24 to sell 31988.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and CEO NADER MARGUERITE M sold 33000.0 shares on Sep 16 ’24.

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