---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-003993"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELS"
cik: "0000895417"
company_name: "EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:47:33.934270+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ELS Q4 Normalized FFO $0.79, +4.2% YoY; raises 2026 dividend 5.3% to $2.17

## Summary
- Q4 net income $0.52 per share (up 3.2%); FFO $0.78 per share (up 2.4% YoY).
- Full-year 2025 Normalized FFO $3.06 per share, up 5.0% from $2.91.
- Board approves 2026 annual dividend $2.17/share, increase of $0.11 (5.3%) from $2.06.
- Portfolio of 453 properties, 173,355 sites as of Dec 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-003993
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELS
- cik: 0000895417
- company_name: EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895417/000162828026003993/0001628280-26-003993-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895417/000162828026003993/els-20260128.htm

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