Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.35-1.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.32. Equity Lifestyle Properties also updated its FY13 guidance to $4.94-5.14 EPS.

Several analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Credit Suisse initiated coverage on shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties in a research note to investors on Tuesday, December 18th. They set a neutral rating and a $12.00 price target on the stock. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price target on shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties from $77.50 to $73.50 in a research note to investors on Monday, December 17th. They now have a buy rating on the stock.

Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, and two have given a hold rating to the company’s stock. Equity Lifestyle Properties currently has a consensus rating of overweight and an average price target of $73.62.

Shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) traded up 0.38% during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $71.92. Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) has a one year low of $63.18 and a one year high of $73.26. The stock’s 50-day moving average is currently $68.76. The company has a market cap of $2.980 billion and a P/E ratio of 66.96.

Equity Lifestyle Properties last released its earnings data on Tuesday, January 29th. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.11. The company had revenue of $171.93 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $169.27 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.96 earnings per share. Equity Lifestyle Properties’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) will post $4.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. is an integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties (Properties).

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