KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 26.48% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 74.0% to 26.48% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 25.56%, a 61.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 25.56%, up 61.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin was 26.48% for Q4 2025 at Equity Lifestyle Properties, up from 25.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 29.75% in Q1 2024 to a low of 15.58% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 22.47% and a median of 21.9% in 2024 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: skyrocketed 1094bps in 2021, then tumbled -1004bps in 2022.
  • Equity Lifestyle Properties' Operating Margin stood at 20.3% in 2021, then dropped by -2bps to 19.92% in 2022, then rose by 19bps to 23.68% in 2023, then rose by 15bps to 27.22% in 2024, then fell by -3bps to 26.48% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ELS's Operating Margin are 26.48% (Q4 2025), 25.08% (Q3 2025), and 22.35% (Q2 2025).