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Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026)

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) reported Debt to Equity of $0.05 for Q1 2026, down 54.8% year-over-year from $0.11 in Q1 2025, and down 17.76% on a QoQ basis from $0.06 in Q4 2025.

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) has 17 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.05 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity fell 54.8% year-over-year to $0.05 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.05 (down 54.8% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $0.06, up 41.61% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity eased to $0.05 in Q1 2026 per ELS's latest filing, from $0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $1.97 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $0.01 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.33 (2024), against an average of $0.67.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Debt to Equity slumped 99.49%; it then surged 1965.07% in 2025.
  • Tracing ELS's Debt to Equity over 5 years: stood at $1.77 in 2022, then sank by 81.29% to $0.33 in 2023, then plunged by 87.29% to $0.04 in 2024, then jumped by 41.61% to $0.06 in 2025, then slipped by 17.76% to $0.05 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ELS Debt to Equity figures stand at $0.05 (Q1 2026), $0.06 (Q4 2025), and $1.59 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Avalonbay Communities 25.91 Bn 26.13 Bn - -
2 Equity Residential 25.13 Bn 25.27 Bn - 0.14
3 Invitation Homes 17.75 Bn 17.79 Bn 694.98 Mn 0.48
4 Sun Communities 15.66 Bn 15.77 Bn 491.20 Mn 0.26
5 Mid America Apartment Communities 15.34 Bn 15.42 Bn 537.05 Mn 0.06
6 American Homes 4 Rent 13.60 Bn 14.17 Bn - -
7 Udr 12.44 Bn 12.44 Bn 416.43 Mn 0.29
8 Equity Lifestyle Properties 12.31 Bn 12.37 Bn 393.79 Mn 0.05
9 Camden Property Trust 11.27 Bn 11.34 Bn - 0.08
10 Millrose Properties 4.59 Bn 4.59 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.05
Dec 31, 2025 0.06
Sep 30, 2025 1.59
Jun 30, 2025 0.19
Mar 31, 2025 0.11
Dec 31, 2024 0.04
Sep 30, 2024 1.97
Jun 30, 2024 0.01
Mar 31, 2024 0.33
Dec 31, 2023 0.33
Sep 30, 2023 0.33
Jun 30, 2023 1.83
Mar 31, 2023 0.33
Dec 31, 2022 1.77
Sep 30, 2022 0.33
Jun 30, 2022 1.79
Mar 31, 2022 0.32
Dec 31, 2021 0.20
Sep 30, 2021 0.17
Jun 30, 2021 0.23
Mar 31, 2021 0.23
Dec 31, 2020 1.87
Sep 30, 2020 0.04
Jun 30, 2020 0.04
Mar 31, 2020 0.15
Dec 31, 2019 1.55
Sep 30, 2019 0.15
Jun 30, 2019 0.15
Mar 31, 2019 0.16
Dec 31, 2018 1.80
Sep 30, 2018 0.17
Mar 31, 2018 0.18
Dec 31, 2017 0.18
Sep 30, 2017 0.20
Mar 31, 2017 0.18
Dec 31, 2016 0.18
Sep 30, 2016 0.20
Mar 31, 2016 1.88
Dec 31, 2015 0.20
Jun 30, 2015 2.15
Mar 31, 2015 0.20
Dec 31, 2014 2.06
Sep 30, 2014 2.05
Jun 30, 2014 0.22
Mar 31, 2014 0.21
Dec 31, 2013 2.07
Sep 30, 2013 2.08
Jun 30, 2013 0.23
Dec 31, 2012 2.23
Sep 30, 2012 0.20
Dec 31, 2011 0.25
Sep 30, 2010 6.21
Jun 30, 2010 6.70