ELS vs LEGH vs SKY Stock Comparison

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Legacy Housing and Champion Homes Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LEGH Legacy Housing Corp
$28.04 -3.1% 1M +16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$674.45M
P/E
13.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$179.45M
Div. yield
–
Manufactured Housing Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
SKY Champion Homes, Inc.
$78.93 -7.6% 1M +2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.43B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Manufactured Housing Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Legacy Housing leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Legacy Housing 6, Equity Lifestyle Properties 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELSLEGHSKYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.82B $674.45M $4.43B ELS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.4x 13.2x — LEGH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.7x 11.1x 21.4x LEGH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.5% -2.6% — ELS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.7% 28.6% — LEGH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.0% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.2x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.2% +16.1% +2.5% LEGH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.7%/yr +9.8%/yr +4.5%/yr LEGH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 18.5% 33.8% 45.3% ELS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 60/100 — LEGH

Percentile Scorecard

ELSLEGHSKY

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

AxisELSLEGHSKY
Valuation 11 #129 of 145 35 #14 of 21 –
Growth 57 #63 of 144 95 #2 of 21 –
Profitability 91 #13 of 140 100 #1 of 19 –
Financial Health 38 #91 of 146 – 94 #2 of 19
Shareholder Returns 54 #61 of 132 12 #16 of 18 –
Overall 50 60 –
  • ELS ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • LEGH ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding
  • SKY ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodELSLEGHSKYSPY
1 month +2.0%-3.1%-7.6% -1.0%
3 months -7.9%+5.9%-3.4% +2.9%
6 months -3.9%+31.0%-3.7% +6.4%
Year to date +0.4%+43.6%-6.6% +11.4%
1 year -0.2%+16.1%+2.5% +13.1%
3 years -6.5%+54.4%+33.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year -2.2%+15.6%+10.0% +21.5%
5 years -29.3%+59.4%+24.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year -6.7%+9.8%+4.5% +10.9%
10 years +62.8%—— +255.2%
10 years, per year +5.0%—— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureELSLEGHSKYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.5%33.8%45.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.8%32.1%40.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.200.791.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.010.480.06 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.2%-54.4%-47.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.0%-4.5%-19.0% -2.5%
52-week high $68.37$29.35$97.46 $779.14
52-week low $57.64$18.79$64.82 $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.

MultipleELSLEGHSKY
P/E now vs peer median 29.3xmedian 27.0x 13.0xmedian 12.7x —median 12.7x
P/S now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 4.1x 3.7xmedian 0.6x —median 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.9xmedian 14.5x 10.7xmedian 9.5x —median 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.2xmedian 23.7x 17.3xmedian 15.9x —median 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 1.3x 1.2xmedian 1.1x 2.8xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.63median 2.07 -2.06median 1.06 —median 1.06

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 monthsELSLEGHSKY
Revenue $1.56B $179.45M –
Gross profit $1.42B $89.30M –
Operating income $409.36M $58.85M –
Net income $415.18M $51.25M –
Free cash flow $345.41M $38.58M –
EPS (diluted) $2.01 $2.15 –
Cash & equivalents $35.63M $28.97M $638.26M
Total debt $13.20B $2.24M $86.41M
Shares (diluted) 200.21M 23.81M 56.28M
Enterprise value $11.68B $609.34M $1.91B

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
MetricELSLEGHSKY
P/E 29.3x 13.0x –
P/FCF 34.2x 17.3x –
P/Operating cash flow 20.0x 13.2x –
P/S 7.6x 3.7x –
P/B 6.5x 1.2x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 6.5x 1.2x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 23.9x 10.7x –
EV/EBIT 36.8x 10.8x –
EV/Revenue 9.6x 3.6x –
EV/FCF 43.7x 16.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 25.6x 12.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.63 -2.06 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELSLEGHSKY
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.5% -2.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.3% -9.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.2% -4.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.9% -3.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.3% -0.7% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.2% -7.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) 7.8% -7.3% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.5% -8.0% –
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% -4.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.2% -6.3% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1.6% 54.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.3% 127.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.2% 71.8% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.8% 84.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELSLEGHSKY
Gross margin 91.0% 49.8% –
EBITDA margin 40.4% 33.3% –
Operating margin 26.2% 32.8% –
Pretax margin 18.3% 33.7% –
Net margin 25.7% 28.6% –
FCF margin 22.1% 21.5% –
Operating cash flow margin 37.7% 28.2% –
Return on equity 22.8% 9.3% –
Return on assets 7.2% 8.5% –
Return on invested capital – 9.0% –
Return on capital employed – 10.6% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.0x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELSLEGHSKY
Debt / assets 57.1% – 0.7%
Debt / equity 1.8x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.2x – –
Debt / FCF 9.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 68.7% 8.7% 26.2%
Equity / assets 31.3% 91.3% 73.8%
Interest coverage 3.0x 1,549x –
Current ratio – 3.6x 2.5x
Quick ratio – 1.2x 1.6x
Cash ratio – 0.6x 1.4x
Altman Z-score – 9.26 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELSLEGHSKY
Dividend yield 3.5% – –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 0.3% –
Shareholder yield 3.5% 0.3% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 97.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 116.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.7% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.9% – –

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.

ConsensusELSLEGHSKY
Forward P/E 28.7xFY2026 11.1xFY2026 21.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.12FY2026 $2.53FY2026 $3.69FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.5%FY2026 +45.4%FY2026 -4.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.5% -5.9% +5.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.52BFY2026 $224.28MFY2026 $2.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.6%FY2026 +36.3%FY2026 +10.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.4% -7.3% -4.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELSLEGHSKY
Held by institutions 100.0% 40.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 476 123 372
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +1.3% +2.6%
Institutions buying 220 67 216
Institutions selling 190 33 118
Buyers to sellers 1.16 2.03 1.83

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.

ELSLEGHSKY
ELS 1.00 0.23 0.26
LEGH 0.23 1.00 0.60
SKY 0.26 0.60 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELS, LEGH and SKY?

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) $11.82B, Legacy Housing (LEGH) $674.45M, Champion Homes (SKY) $4.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, ELS, LEGH and SKY?

Legacy Housing (LEGH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 29.4x, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 13.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Legacy Housing (LEGH) is cheapest (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 28.7x, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 11.1x, Champion Homes (SKY) 21.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) +2.5%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) -2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Legacy Housing (LEGH) has the highest net margin (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 25.7%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 28.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Legacy Housing (LEGH) returned the most: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -0.2%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) +16.1%, Champion Homes (SKY) +2.5%. Over five years, Legacy Housing (LEGH) compounded fastest (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -6.7%/yr, Legacy Housing (LEGH) +9.8%/yr, Champion Homes (SKY) +4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 0.03%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 0.00%, Champion Homes (SKY) 0.00%. Legacy Housing (LEGH) and Champion Homes (SKY) 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%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 33.8%, Champion Homes (SKY) 45.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ELS, LEGH and SKY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Legacy Housing (LEGH) leads on 6. 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.