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Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Equity Lifestyle Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns and runs communities of manufactured homes and resorts for recreational vehicles across the United States. It earns income mainly from site rents paid by residents and vehicle owners rather than from selling the homes themselves.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ELS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Report, “Optical Interconnects — The Toll Nobody Keeps” (2026-08-13)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where ELS appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

  • CPO (Co-Packaged Optics)GlossaryWhy it matters in 2026 CPO moved from conference slides to deployment: Broadcom's Tomahawk-6-class CPO switches see their first hyperscaler deployments this year, Nvidia's first optical engines built on TSMC's COUPE platform are shipping…
Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -2.05 · down 2.95 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-05
How it trades on rate days beta 0.40 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How ELS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.40 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc moved 0.40% on average · correlation 0.20 · higher than 33% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.95 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.61% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.22% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against REIT - Residential · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Residential · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against ELS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc

ELS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Equity Lifestyle Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns and runs communities of manufactured homes and resorts for recreational vehicles across the United States. It earns income mainly from site rents paid by residents and vehicle owners rather than from selling the homes themselves. The company is headquartered in Chicago and manages its own portfolio rather than outsourcing operations.
Where it sits in the stack
Equity Lifestyle Properties has no seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's AI-infrastructure indices; it sits outside the build-out entirely, in the residential REIT sector of our wider equity universe. It is tracked as a defensive property name rather than as a constraint on or customer of any AI layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet does not carry a peer group for this name; it belongs to the residential REIT sector alongside a well-known operator such as Sun Communities, which runs a comparable mix of manufactured-home and RV communities.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It is a Russell 1000 constituent and does not yet carry a Closelooknet score. The diary has quoted its ticker twice, once in a report on optical interconnects and once in a glossary entry on co-packaged optics, both incidental mentions rather than coverage of its property business.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether occupancy and rent renewals across its communities stay steady, since any slowdown there would be the first sign the read on this REIT needs revisiting.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Baird, 2026-10-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ELS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Baird — target 71 from 74 Target cut to $71 from $74 (+14.6% to spot) 2026-10-21
  • Price target Truist — target 64 from 67 Target cut to $64 from $67 (+6.1% to spot) 2026-09-11

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.40%, quarterly · last 0.54 USD on 2026-09-25

Dividends and capital return

What ELS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.14 USD per share · a 3.40% yield on the 2026-11-05 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-05
  • Change on the year +6.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.02 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.54 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-25
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.45 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.91 USD · 2025: 2.06 USD · 2026: 1.63 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-06

Quick answers

What is Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS)?

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc trades as ELS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-06.

Is ELS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-06.

Where does ELS trade against its moving averages?

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc trades 4.4% above its 50-day and 0.6% below its 200-day moving average (4.5% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (REIT - Residential · United States), Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS) sits 7.9% below its 52-week high, 4.4% above its 50-day average; UDR Inc (UDR) is 11.6% below, American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) is 5.6% below, Essex Property Trust Inc (ESS) is 10.6% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to ELS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc had a beta of 0.40 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 33% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.61% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-05; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc?

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-11-06, most recently Report: Optical Interconnects — The Toll Nobody Keeps (2026-08-13); Glossary: CPO (Co-Packaged Optics). What Closelooknet said most recently: Lumentum's initial ELS order is a small number and a large signal: the laser survives the relocation of the socket it used to live in. (Report, 2026-08-13). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc do?

Equity Lifestyle Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns and runs communities of manufactured homes and resorts for recreational vehicles across the United States. It earns income mainly from site rents paid by residents and vehicle owners rather than from selling the homes themselves. The company is headquartered in Chicago and manages its own portfolio rather than outsourcing operations. Closelooknet does not carry a peer group for this name; it belongs to the residential REIT sector alongside a well-known operator such as Sun Communities, which runs a comparable mix of manufactured-home and RV communities. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Equity Lifestyle Properties has no seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's AI-infrastructure indices; it sits outside the build-out entirely, in the residential REIT sector of our wider equity universe. It is tracked as a defensive property name rather than as a constraint on or customer of any AI layer. It is a Russell 1000 constituent and does not yet carry a Closelooknet score. The diary has quoted its ticker twice, once in a report on optical interconnects and once in a glossary entry on co-packaged optics, both incidental mentions rather than coverage of its property business. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc pay a dividend?

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc has paid 2.14 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.40% on the 2026-11-05 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.54 USD on 2026-09-25. As of 2026-11-05; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Baird on 2026-10-21 (target 71 from 74). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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