Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc vs Invitation Homes Inc

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS) is overvalued and Invitation Homes Inc (INVH) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. ELS is the closer of the two: -79%, against -153% for INVH.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (ELS)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.0% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $33.71; the price of $60.26 is 79% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

Invitation Homes Inc (INVH)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.0% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $10.74; the price of $27.14 is 153% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricELSINVH
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$60.26$27.14
Intrinsic value$33.71$10.74
Margin of safety-79%-153%
Leak Score0/100 (2/12)0/100 (2/12)
Market cap$12.1B$16.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years7.1%10.1%
Operating margin34.3%25.9%
Net margin25.7%11.8%
Return on equity23.0%7.0%
Debt to equity1.880.95
P/E29.3x48.5x
Forward P/E27.4x36.5x
P/B6.7x1.8x
Dividend yield3.6%4.4%

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