ELS vs INVH vs UDR Stock Comparison

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Invitation Homes and Udr Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
INVH Invitation Homes Inc.
$27.52 +3.3% 1M -4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$16.23B
P/E
24.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.86B
Div. yield
–
Residential REITs Real Estate
4 wins
UDR UDR, Inc.
$35.72 +5.5% 1M -1.4% 1Y
Market cap
$11.52B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.72B
Div. yield
0.05%
Residential REITs Real Estate
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Invitation Homes leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Invitation Homes 4, Equity Lifestyle Properties 3, Udr 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELSINVHUDRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.78B $16.23B $11.52B INVH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.1x 24.6x 22.3x UDR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.9x 28.7x 34.0x INVH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.2% +6.7% +1.5% INVH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 23.1% 30.1% UDR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 7.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 4.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.05% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.8% -4.7% -1.4% ELS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.3%/yr -7.4%/yr -8.4%/yr ELS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 18.5% 21.5% 21.0% ELS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 69/100 58/100 INVH

Percentile Scorecard

ELSINVHUDR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisELSINVHUDR
Valuation 14 #125 of 145 54 #67 of 145 40 #87 of 145
Growth 52 #69 of 142 72 #40 of 142 62 #55 of 142
Profitability 100 #1 of 136 79 #30 of 136 95 #8 of 136
Financial Health – 55 #63 of 139 37 #88 of 139
Shareholder Returns 14 #113 of 131 83 #23 of 131 58 #56 of 131
Overall 45 69 58
  • ELS ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • INVH ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • UDR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodELSINVHUDRSPY
1 month +3.0%+3.3%+5.5% -0.8%
3 months -6.2%-7.1%-9.0% +3.5%
6 months -2.8%+1.1%+3.4% +7.0%
Year to date +0.7%-1.0%-2.6% +12.2%
1 year -0.8%-4.7%-1.4% +13.0%
3 years -5.1%-4.4%+13.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -1.7%-1.5%+4.2% +23.1%
5 years -27.9%-32.0%-35.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -6.3%-7.4%-8.4% +11.0%
10 years +63.3%—+4.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +5.0%—+0.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureELSINVHUDRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.5%21.5%21.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.8%21.4%20.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.210.070.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.04-0.22-0.07 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.2%-46.2%-48.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.7%-10.0%-13.4% -1.8%
52-week high $68.37$30.59$41.24 $779.14
52-week low $57.64$24.39$33.28 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleELSINVHUDR
P/E now vs peer median 30.2xmedian 27.4x 24.7xmedian 27.4x 22.3xmedian 27.4x
P/S now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 4.2x 5.7xmedian 4.2x 6.7xmedian 4.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.2x —median 14.2x 12.6xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 33.0xmedian 23.2x 31.1xmedian 23.2x 33.0xmedian 23.2x
P/B now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 1.3x 1.8xmedian 1.3x 3.9xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 3.38median 2.11 1.55median 2.11 3.51median 2.11

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsELSINVHUDR
Revenue $1.58B $2.86B $1.72B
Operating income $411.40M – $699.68M
Net income – $662.98M $557.97M
Free cash flow – $523.34M $347.44M
EPS (diluted) $1.95 $1.11 $1.60
Cash & equivalents $24.33M $75.79M $1.19M
Total debt – $8.53B $23.13B
Shares (diluted) 200.21M 592.50M 323.29M
Enterprise value $11.78B $15.75B $11.51B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricELSINVHUDR
P/E 30.2x 24.7x 22.3x
P/FCF 33.0x 31.1x 33.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.5x 12.9x
P/S 7.5x 5.7x 6.7x
P/B 6.6x 1.8x 3.9x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 1.8x 3.9x
EV/EBITDA – – 12.6x
EV/EBIT – – 24.7x
EV/Revenue 7.5x 8.7x 10.1x
EV/FCF – 47.2x 49.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 20.6x 19.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.38 1.55 3.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELSINVHUDR
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.2% 6.7% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 6.9% 2.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 4.5% – 108.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% – 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 21.2% 296.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 14.7% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 2.3% 25.3% 317.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.9% 16.0% 6.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 6.2% 1.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% 2.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 506.6% -38.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -0.1% -1.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELSINVHUDR
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 79.8%
Operating margin – – 40.8%
Pretax margin – – 32.6%
Net margin – 23.1% 30.1%
FCF margin – 18.3% 20.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 42.0% 51.7%
Return on equity 22.3% 7.3% 17.9%
Return on assets 7.0% 3.6% 5.4%
Return on invested capital – – 7.9%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.8x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELSINVHUDR
Debt / assets – 46.2% 56.6%
Debt / equity – 0.9x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 4.2x
Debt / FCF – 16.3x 16.7x
Liabilities / assets 68.7% 50.7% 71.4%
Equity / assets 31.3% 49.3% 28.6%
Interest coverage – – 3.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELSINVHUDR
Dividend yield 3.5% 4.4% 4.0%
Net buyback yield – 3.4% 3.6%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 7.7% 7.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 101.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 163.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 3.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusELSINVHUDR
Forward P/E 28.9xFY2026 28.7xFY2026 34.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.11FY2026 $0.96FY2026 $1.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.0%FY2026 0.0%FY2026 -7.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.0% -20.8% -41.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.52BFY2026 $3.11BFY2026 $1.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.6%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.4% -4.5% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELSINVHUDR
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 476 622 524
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +9.1% +4.9%
Institutions buying 220 338 243
Institutions selling 190 215 207
Buyers to sellers 1.16 1.57 1.17

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ELSINVHUDR
ELS 1.00 0.52 0.55
INVH 0.52 1.00 0.72
UDR 0.55 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELS, INVH and UDR?

Invitation Homes (INVH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) $11.78B, Invitation Homes (INVH) $16.23B, Udr (UDR) $11.52B.

Which stock is cheaper, ELS, INVH and UDR?

Udr (UDR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 30.1x, Invitation Homes (INVH) 24.6x, Udr (UDR) 22.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Invitation Homes (INVH) is cheapest (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 28.9x, Invitation Homes (INVH) 28.7x, Udr (UDR) 34.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Invitation Homes (INVH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) +3.2%, Invitation Homes (INVH) +6.7%, Udr (UDR) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Udr (UDR) has the highest net margin (Invitation Homes (INVH) 23.1%, Udr (UDR) 30.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) returned the most: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -0.8%, Invitation Homes (INVH) -4.7%, Udr (UDR) -1.4%. Over five years, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) compounded fastest (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -6.3%/yr, Invitation Homes (INVH) -7.4%/yr, Udr (UDR) -8.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 0.00%, Invitation Homes (INVH) 0.00%, Udr (UDR) 0.05%. Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) and Invitation Homes (INVH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) has been the steadiest (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 18.5%, Invitation Homes (INVH) 21.5%, Udr (UDR) 21.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ELS, INVH and UDR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Invitation Homes (INVH) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.