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Equity Lifestyle Properties ELS Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

Gaming and Leisure Properties logo
Gaming and Leisure PropertiesGLPI
10.2%+0.7pp
Equity Residential logo
Equity ResidentialEQR
13.1%+1.0pp
Mid-America Apartment Communities logo
Mid-America Apartment CommunitiesMAA
10.2%-2.3pp
AvalonBay Communities logo
AvalonBay CommunitiesAVB
9.2%-0.6pp
Realty Income logo
Realty IncomeO
5.6%+0.6pp
Prologis logo
PrologisPLD
4.5%+0.1pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$397.6M+2.7%
Operating income$112.4M+2.6%
Net income$111.5M-2.5%
EPS (diluted)$0.56-1.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$39.2M-17.4%
Total debt$24.0M-11.6%
Total equity$1.8B+0.7%
Total assets$5.7B+1.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$194.2M+0.4%
CapEx$45.3M+0.2%
Free cash flow$148.9M+0.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.06B-5.1%
P/E30.2×-2.9×
P/S7.8×-0.5×

Profitability

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Operating margin25.6%+1.0pp
Net margin25.9%+0.7pp
FCF margin21.7%-1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity22.7%-1.3pp
Debt / equity0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Equity Lifestyle Properties’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Equity Lifestyle Properties’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Equity Lifestyle Properties's return on invested capital?
Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) reported return on invested capital of 22.4% in Q4 2025.
How has Equity Lifestyle Properties's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Equity Lifestyle Properties's return on invested capital decreased by 6.9% year-over-year, from 24% to 22.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Equity Lifestyle Properties's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Equity Lifestyle Properties's return on invested capital has grown at a -4.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 27.5% to 22.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.