Head-To-Head Review: Lineage (LINE) vs. Its Peers

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) is one of 289 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate investment trusts” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Lineage to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lineage and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lineage	$5.33 billion	N/A	-5.49
Lineage Competitors	$964.93 million	$122.50 million	21.34

Lineage has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Lineage pays out -11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.2% and pay out -8.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.3% of Lineage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Lineage and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lineage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lineage Competitors	-6.12%	-1.61%	1.09%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Lineage and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	0	5	11	1	2.76
Lineage Competitors	4133	14523	14456	376	2.33

Lineage currently has a consensus price target of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.55%. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies have a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Lineage’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Lineage beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lineage

Lineage, Inc. is the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT with a network of over 480 strategically located facilities totaling over 84.1 million square feet and 3.0 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste, and, most importantly, feed the world.