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ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Real Estate · Real estate investment trusts · CIK 0000895417
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
223
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about ELS

Congress, 1 year
No trades
Last one: sale, 2025-07-11

Equity Lifestyle Properties insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
SELL
2026-03-20 SECtraded 2026-03-18
3,000
$201.7K
-2.0%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 20.1% of the 14,890 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 223 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director CONTIS DAVID J sold about $201.7K of ELS on Mar 18, 2026; 223 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
SELL
2025-05-09 SECtraded 2025-05-07
10,000
$647.2K
-0.2%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Sep 17, 2024.
  • The trade is 12.8% of the 78,162 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 223 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP & Chief Financial Officer Seavey Paul sold about $647.2K of ELS on May 7, 2025; 223 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
SELL
2024-09-19 SECtraded 2024-09-17
31,988
$2.4M
-9.6%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 223 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP & Chief Financial Officer Seavey Paul sold about $2.4M of ELS on Sep 17, 2024; 1 other insider sold within 30 days and 223 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
President and CEO
SELL
2024-09-17 SECtraded 2024-09-16
33,000
$2.5M
-11.7%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 12.6% of the 260,936 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 223 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President and CEO NADER MARGUERITE M sold about $2.5M of ELS on Sep 16, 2024, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 1 other insider sold within 30 days and 223 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
SELL
2024-08-20 SECtraded 2024-08-16
20,820
$1.5M
-8.7%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 9.4% of the 221,777 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 223 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP & Chief Operating Officer Waite Patrick sold about $1.5M of ELS on Aug 16, 2024, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 223 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
5 transactions on record · a thin record, read with care
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
223 funds bought in last quarter
more than 75% of Real Estate
Revenue
+0.3% year over year
below 65% of Real Estate
Margin
26.3% net margin
more than 66% of Real Estate
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
5.4% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 5.4 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 60% of Real Estate
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-1.5%12M
-7%-1%+4%+10%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-03-18 · CONTIS DAVID J sold $201.7K
Insider sell
Indexed to 100, dividend-adjusted, not a price chart. When a name files heavily, the largest trades are drawn first.

Who owns ELS: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
24,460,025 sh
$1.6B
11,608,725 sh
$754.4M

Congress trades in ELS

STOCK Act disclosures, US House only, filed up to 45 days after the trade
Sold 2025-07-11 · disclosed 40 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2025-07-10 · disclosed 34 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2025-06-17 · disclosed 57 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2024-09-26 · disclosed 328 days later
$1,001 - $15,000

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

ELS planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

ELS mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Long Pond Real Estate Select ETF
$8.3M position · as of 2026-05-31
5.3%
Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF
$1.8M position · as of 2026-06-30
4.9%
Sp Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF
$9.7M position · as of 2026-05-31
4.8%
T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund, Inc.
$18.5M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.8%
Invesco Real Estate Fund
$17.5M position · as of 2026-05-31
2.6%
iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF
$22.3M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.6%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Ms. Nader
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$4.0M
$3.9M
$2.6M
+9%
+27%
2024
$4.2M
$4.2M
$2.6M
+16%
+24%
2023
$4.3M
$4.6M
$2.7M
+19%
+18%
2022
$4.1M
$3.3M
$2.6M
+6%
+6%
2021
$4.1M
$5.5M
$2.4M
+41%
+41%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows 223 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
Same sector, ranked by filing activity
Sector by SEC SIC code

ELS financials

Revenue growth
+0.3%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
26.3%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$1.5B
four quarters, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Net margin, TTM
+25.9%
net income over revenue, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Free cash flow, TTM
$334.8M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Debt to equity
1.90x
long-term debt only, 2025-12-31; equity 2026-03-31
Cash flow to debt
0.17x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term debt only, 2025-12-31
Return on equity
+22.7%
TTM net income over average of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31
Return on assets
+7.0%
TTM net income over average of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31
Return on invested capital
n/a
effective tax rate -0%, not meaningful
Return on capital employed
n/a
assets or current liabilities not filed
P/E, trailing
30.42x
close 2026-10-23 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Enterprise value
n/a
no cash line filed
FCF yield
+2.8%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-23
PEG, trailing
9.84x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 3%: four quarters to 2026-03-31 against the four to 2025-03-31
Price as of 2026-10-23. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$1.5B$1.5B$1.5B$1.4B
Operating income$391.3M$380.7M$320.1M$295.5M
Net income$402.1M$384.8M$329.7M$298.8M
EPS (diluted)2.011.961.691.53
Operating cash flow$571.1M$596.7M$548.0M$475.8M
Long-term debt$3.3B$3.2B$3.5B$3.4B
Dividends paid$388.0M$350.6M$326.4M$296.1M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-27

ELS Stock Sonar score 5/7 axes

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ELS ranks highest on profitability (93rd percentile) and institutional and government (75th), and lowest on growth (35th), among Real Estate peers.

ProfitHealthGrowthInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
93
Inputs
  • Return on equity+22.7% · 93 pct, sector of 230
  • Return on assets+7.0% · 93 pct, sector of 255
  • Return on invested capitaleffective tax rate -0%, not meaningful
  • Return on capital employedassets or current liabilities not filed
Financial health
52
Inputs
  • Debt to equity1.90x · 28 pct, sector of 210
  • Cash flow to debt0.17x · 76 pct, sector of 215
Growth
35
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+0.3% · 35 pct, sector of 244
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Institutional and government
75
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter223 · 75 pct, sector of 171
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
66
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+5.4% · 43 pct, sector of 256
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+3.1% · 90 pct, sector of 212
2 not measured: Insider conviction, US patents
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

5 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

ELS filings, in plain words

Have members of Congress traded ELS?

Yes, but not in the year to 2026-10-27; the latest on record is a sale by Ritchie John Torres dated 2025-07-11.

Read the full summary

Members of Congress have disclosed trades in ELS, none in the last year; the latest on record is a sale by Ritchie John Torres dated 2025-07-11. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-27, dated the day the filing was made public.

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