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Equity Lifestyle Properties (Equity Lifestyle Properties) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 2.70% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Equity Lifestyle Properties's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16,735 Mil. Equity Lifestyle Properties's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $452 Mil. Equity Lifestyle Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.70%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Equity Lifestyle Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

ELS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8   Med: 2.86   Max: 3.99
Current: 2.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Equity Lifestyle Properties was 3.99%. The lowest was 1.80%. And the median was 2.86%.

ELS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
51.57% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs ELS: 2.97

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Equity Lifestyle Properties's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.97%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Equity Lifestyle Properties Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Equity Lifestyle Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Equity Lifestyle Properties Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.62 2.41 1.97 2.68 2.70

Equity Lifestyle Properties Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.68 2.63 2.67 2.86 2.70

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Equity Lifestyle Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Equity Lifestyle Properties Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Equity Lifestyle Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Equity Lifestyle Properties's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Equity Lifestyle Properties Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Equity Lifestyle Propertiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=451.531/16734.76004
=2.70 %

Equity Lifestyle Properties's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $452 Mil.



Equity Lifestyle Properties  (NYSE:ELS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Equity Lifestyle Properties (Equity Lifestyle Properties) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 800, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Equity Lifestyle Properties is a residential REIT that focuses on owning manufactured housing, residential vehicle communities, and marinas. The company currently has a portfolio of 450 properties across the U.S. with a higher concentration in the Sunbelt region with 34% of the company's properties located in Florida, 11% in California, and 10% in Arizona. Equity Lifestyle targets owning properties in attractive retirement destinations with over 70% of the company's properties either being age-restricted or having an average resident age over 55.
Executives
Derrick Burks director C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Paul Seavey officer: Sr Vice President & Treasurer C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Freedman Constance director C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Andrew Berkenfield director C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Patrick Waite officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Marguerite M Nader officer: Vice President-Business Deve. 2S601 AVENUE LA TOURS, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Valerie Henry officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Roger Maynard officer: Senior Vice President MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES, INC., 2 N. RIVERSIDE PLAZA #8, CHICAGO IL 60606
Scott R Peppet director 1820 DEER VALLEY ROAD, BOULDER CO 80305
David J Contis director 2 NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Samuel Zell director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board TWO N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Howard Walker director, officer: Chief Executive Officer MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES INC, 2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Sheli Z Rosenberg director C/O EQUITY GROUP INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Matthew Williams director C/O EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC., TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Tao Huang director C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 225 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606

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