Lineage (LINE) versus Its Rivals Critical Analysis

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) is one of 280 public companies in the “Real estate investment trusts” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Lineage to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

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	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lineage Competitors	-6.39%	1.27%	1.22%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.3% of Lineage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lineage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of shares of all “Real estate investment trusts” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lineage	$5.33 billion	-$77.40 million	-5.51
Lineage Competitors	$1.01 billion	$132.60 million	20.77

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.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	0	5	11	1	2.76
Lineage Competitors	4055	14225	14128	378	2.33

Lineage currently has a consensus price target of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. As a group, “Real estate investment trusts” companies have a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Lineage’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than its peers.

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.

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.