Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Kevin Freeman

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [ELS] stock is trading at $60.68, up 0.05%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ELS shares have gain 1.39% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.18%, 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 October 23, 2025, when Evercore ISI reiterated its In-line rating and also revised its price target to $65 from $67. Previously, Barclays upgraded its rating to Overweight on July 29, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $67. On July 15, 2025, Morgan Stanley initiated with a Equal-Weight rating and assigned a price target of $67.50 on the stock. Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and suggested a price target of $70 on May 29, 2025. Jefferies initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $80 as its price target on April 08, 2025. BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on April 04, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $78. In a note dated January 21, 2025, Deutsche Bank upgraded a Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $66 to $73.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [ELS] stock has fluctuated between $58.15 and $73.64 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $65.25 within the next 12 months. Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc [NYSE: ELS] shares were valued at $60.68 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.53% 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 1.28%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.54% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.32%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.27%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.26%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.22 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.88.

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 60.35 points at the first support level, and at 60.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 61.12, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 61.57.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.58. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.58, while the Cash Ratio is 0.17. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.93, the price to book ratio is 6.71 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 31.78.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Seavey Paul, EVP & Chief Financial Officer, that happened on May 07 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Seavey Paul completed a deal on May 07 ’25 to buy 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Member of immediate family of Seavey Paul bought 59985.0 shares on Nov 12 ’24.

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