Dividends

ELSEquity LifeStyle Properties REIT

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−0.3% today · +4.6% over a year

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Quality, Stability, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 31.3). Dividend yield 3.42%.

Equity LifeStyle Properties REIT (ELS) dividends: trailing yield 3.42%, next ex-dividend date 24 Dec 2026, Dividend Safety 92/100, not lowered for 21 years, 5-year growth 8.4% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
3.42%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
3.46%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.14
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
92 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
3.42% → 2.81%
Forward
3.46% → 2.85%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • US REIT dividends are assumed to get the treaty rate of 15 %; check your Form 1042-S.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.81%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
24 Dec 2026
Payment date
08 Jan 2027
Amount per share
$2.17
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+8.4%
Years without a lower dividend
21
Years without a cut of over 10 %
21
Payout vs operating cash flow
69%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
110%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.2125, 2017 $0.976, 2018 $1.10, 2019 $1.23, 2020 $1.37, 2021 $1.45, 2022 $1.64, 2023 $1.79, 2024 $1.91, 2025 $2.062016: $0.21252017: $0.9762018: $1.102019: $1.232020: $1.372021: $1.452022: $1.642023: $1.792024: $1.912025: $2.06

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
24 Dec 202608 Jan 2027$2.17SpecialAnnounced1
25 Sep 202612 Oct 2026$0.543RegularVerified2
26 Jun 202613 Jul 2026$0.543RegularVerified2
27 Mar 202613 Apr 2026$0.543RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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