Equity Lifestyle Properties is an owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties (Properties) consisting mainly of manufactured home and recreational vehicle (RV) communities. Co. has a business model where it owns the land upon which it provides its customers the opportunity to place factory-built homes including manufactured homes, cottages or RVs either on a long-term or short-term basis. Co.'s customers may lease individual developed areas (Sites) or enter right-to-use contracts which provide them access to specific Properties for limited stays. Properties may also have Sites that can accommodate a variety of RVs. Co. also has marinas that provide boat slip and dry storage rentals. The ELS stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the ELS stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2016 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the ELS annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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