Lineage (LINE) versus Its Competitors Head to Head Review

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) is one of 50 public companies in the “Industrial REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Lineage to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and profitability.

Dividends

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Lineage pays out -295.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Industrial REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.5% and pay out 104.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Lineage is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lineage	$5.36 billion	-$100.00 million	-54.35
Lineage Competitors	$999.04 million	$263.98 million	55.29

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lineage	-3.15%	-1.85%	-0.89%
Lineage Competitors	37.69%	4.99%	2.40%

Volatility & Risk

Lineage has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lineage’s peers have a beta of 1.04, suggesting that their average share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.9% of shares of all “Industrial REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 71.6% of Lineage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of shares of all “Industrial REITs” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Lineage and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	3	9	5	0	2.12
Lineage Competitors	418	2302	2550	75	2.43

Lineage currently has a consensus price target of $41.93, indicating a potential upside of 7.16%. As a group, “Industrial REITs” companies have a potential upside of 47.28%. Given Lineage’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Lineage peers beat Lineage on 11 of the 15 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.