Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. · ELS · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

ELS Maintains FFO Guidance Despite Canadian Demand Pressure

ELS's earnings profile remains supported by rent increases, high occupancy, demographic demand, and site expansion, but the near-term outlook is moderated by Canadian seasonal weakness and weather and cost risks.

Reported After market closeNYSEReal Estate $11.48B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.75 Consensus $0.46
EPS surprise +61.3% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $373.4M Consensus $383.5M
Revenue surprise -2.6% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -3.8% Event window
SPY move +0.6% Same window
Abnormal move -4.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +1.5% Up to 20 sessions
ELSSPY benchmark

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What changed

The main change was greater near-term pressure in seasonal and transient revenue: management cited Canadian reservation weakness and projected a 13.3% Q4 decline, while maintaining full-year FFO guidance and emphasizing rent growth and expense containment.

Guidance delta

Management maintained full-year 2025 normalized FFO guidance at $3.06 per share, while projecting a 13.3% Q4 decline in seasonal and transient revenue because of weaker Canadian reservations.

Key takeaways

  • Management maintained full-year 2025 normalized FFO guidance and highlighted rent increases, occupancy, and cost containment.
  • Canadian seasonal reservations were reported down roughly 40%, contributing to projected Q4 seasonal and transient revenue pressure.
  • The company plans 2026 rent notices for 50% of its manufactured-home portfolio and continued site expansion.

Management priorities

  • Issue 2026 rent-increase notices across half of the manufactured-home portfolio.
  • Expand by 400–500 sites annually while investing in amenities and capital improvements.
  • Target U.S. customers more heavily and pursue selective manufactured-home acquisitions.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ELS EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.72 Q4 '23 actual $0.71, match Q1 '24 estimate $0.49 Q1 '24 actual $0.59, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.65 Q2 '24 actual $0.66, match Q3 '24 estimate $0.72 Q3 '24 actual $0.72, match Q2 '25 estimate $0.41 Q2 '25 actual $0.69, beat Q3 '25 estimate $0.46 Q3 '25 actual $0.75, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.54 Q4 '25 actual $0.79, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.55 Q1 '26 actual $0.56, beat Q2 '26 estimate $0.43 Q2 '26 actual $0.50, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.51 Q3 '26 actual $0.45, miss Q4 '26 estimate $0.54 Q1 '27 estimate $0.60 Q2 '27 estimate $0.50 Q3 '27 estimate $0.53
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy22 ratings
Bullish1254.5%
Neutral1045.5%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$59.16Previous close
$59Low
$68.74Average
$77High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 22, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Baird Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 21, 2026
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 19, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 14, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 13, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainOct 6, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $59.16. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$71$61.97 +20.0%Oct 21, 2026
Wells FargoJames Feldman$64$61.21 +8.2%Oct 19, 2026
BarclaysJason Wayne$66$58.94 +11.6%Oct 14, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$68$60.45 +14.9%Sep 21, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$65$60.4 +9.9%Sep 21, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Based in Chicago, Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. operates as a self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). As of January 25, 2021, its extensive portfolio includes 423 quality properties located across 33 U.S. states and British Columbia, collectively comprising 161,229 sites.

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
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