LEGH vs CVCO vs ELS Stock Comparison

Legacy Housing, Cavco Industries and Equity Lifestyle Properties 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
5 wins
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc.
$534.25 -1.4% 1M -9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.14B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Manufactured Housing Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Legacy Housing leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Legacy Housing 5, Equity Lifestyle Properties 3, Cavco Industries 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLEGHCVCOELSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $674.45M $4.14B $11.82B ELS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.2x — 29.4x LEGH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x 24.9x 28.7x LEGH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -2.6% — +2.5% ELS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.6% — 25.7% LEGH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.0% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 5.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.1% -9.9% -0.2% LEGH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.8%/yr +17.3%/yr -6.7%/yr CVCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.8% 46.1% 18.5% ELS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 — 50/100 LEGH

Percentile Scorecard

LEGHCVCOELS

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

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

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLEGHCVCOELSSPY
1 month -3.1%-1.4%+2.0% -1.0%
3 months +5.9%-6.2%-7.9% +2.9%
6 months +31.0%-1.0%-3.9% +6.4%
Year to date +43.6%-9.6%+0.4% +11.4%
1 year +16.1%-9.9%-0.2% +13.1%
3 years +54.4%+106.4%-6.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +15.6%+27.3%-2.2% +21.5%
5 years +59.4%+121.7%-29.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +9.8%+17.3%-6.7% +10.9%
10 years —+475.1%+62.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+19.1%+5.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureLEGHCVCOELSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.8%46.1%18.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.1%50.8%17.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.791.22-0.20 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.48-0.22-0.01 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.4%-43.2%-34.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.5%-23.4%-11.0% -2.5%
52-week high $29.35$697.76$68.37 $779.14
52-week low $18.79$455.76$57.64 $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.

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

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 monthsLEGHCVCOELS
Revenue $179.45M – $1.56B
Gross profit $89.30M – $1.42B
Operating income $58.85M – $409.36M
Net income $51.25M – $415.18M
Free cash flow $38.58M – $345.41M
EPS (diluted) $2.15 – $2.01
Cash & equivalents $28.97M $236.72M $35.63M
Total debt $2.24M – $13.20B
Shares (diluted) 23.81M 7.89M 200.21M
Enterprise value $609.34M $2.90B $11.68B

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
MetricLEGHCVCOELS
P/E 13.0x – 29.3x
P/FCF 17.3x – 34.2x
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x – 20.0x
P/S 3.7x – 7.6x
P/B 1.2x 3.7x 6.5x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 3.8x 6.5x
EV/EBITDA 10.7x – 23.9x
EV/EBIT 10.8x – 36.8x
EV/Revenue 3.6x – 9.6x
EV/FCF 16.5x – 43.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.6x – 25.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.06 – 2.63

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLEGHCVCOELS
Debt / assets – – 57.1%
Debt / equity – – 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 5.2x
Debt / FCF – – 9.6x
Liabilities / assets 8.7% 26.0% 68.7%
Equity / assets 91.3% 74.0% 31.3%
Interest coverage 1,549x – 3.0x
Current ratio 3.6x 2.5x –
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.1x –
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.8x –
Altman Z-score 9.26 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLEGHCVCOELS
Dividend yield – – 3.5%
Net buyback yield 0.3% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.3% – 3.5%
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.

ConsensusLEGHCVCOELS
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 24.9xFY2026 28.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.53FY2026 $21.49FY2026 $2.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +45.4%FY2026 -10.4%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -5.9% +27.9% +8.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $224.28MFY2026 $2.38BFY2026 $1.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +36.3%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.3% +6.2% +14.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLEGHCVCOELS
Held by institutions 40.8% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 123 360 476
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% -0.7% +2.6%
Institutions buying 67 199 220
Institutions selling 33 112 190
Buyers to sellers 2.03 1.78 1.16

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.

LEGHCVCOELS
LEGH 1.00 0.59 0.23
CVCO 0.59 1.00 0.23
ELS 0.23 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LEGH, CVCO and ELS?

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Legacy Housing (LEGH) $674.45M, Cavco Industries (CVCO) $4.14B, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) $11.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, LEGH, CVCO and ELS?

Legacy Housing (LEGH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Legacy Housing (LEGH) 13.2x, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 29.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Legacy Housing (LEGH) is cheapest (Legacy Housing (LEGH) 11.1x, Cavco Industries (CVCO) 24.9x, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 28.7x). 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: Legacy Housing (LEGH) -2.6%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) +2.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Legacy Housing (LEGH) returned the most: Legacy Housing (LEGH) +16.1%, Cavco Industries (CVCO) -9.9%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -0.2%. Over five years, Cavco Industries (CVCO) compounded fastest (Legacy Housing (LEGH) +9.8%/yr, Cavco Industries (CVCO) +17.3%/yr, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -6.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Legacy Housing (LEGH) 0.00%, Cavco Industries (CVCO) 0.00%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 0.03%. Legacy Housing (LEGH) and Cavco Industries (CVCO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) has been the steadiest (Legacy Housing (LEGH) 33.8%, Cavco Industries (CVCO) 46.1%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 18.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 5. 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.