Lineage (LINE) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Key Points

• Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) is set to announce its Q2 2025 earnings on August 6th, with analysts predicting earnings of $0.75 per share and revenue of $1.33 billion.
• Recently, Lineage declared a quarterly dividend of $0.5275 per share, yielding 4.79%, while insiders have increased their holdings significantly in the past few months.
• The stock currently has a market capitalization of $10.08 billion and analysts have mixed ratings, with an average target price of $61.15 for prospective investors.

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE - Get Free Report) will likely be announcing its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 6th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.75 per share and revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter.

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.34 billion. Lineage had a negative return on equity of 7.24% and a negative net margin of 11.88%. Lineage's quarterly revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Lineage to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Lineage Trading Down 2.0%

LINE stock traded down $0.86 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $42.29. 30,541 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 988,756. Lineage has a 1-year low of $40.49 and a 1-year high of $88.78. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $43.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $51.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.67 billion and a PE ratio of -13.14. The company has a current ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

Lineage Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th were issued a $0.5275 dividend. This represents a $2.11 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 30th. Lineage's dividend payout ratio is currently -65.53%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Chairman Adam Matthew Schwartz Forste bought 10,949 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 8th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $44.93 per share, with a total value of $491,938.57. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chairman owned 35,266 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,584,501.38. This represents a 45.03% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Sudarsan V. Thattai bought 4,420 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, May 5th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $45.23 per share, for a total transaction of $199,916.60. Following the acquisition, the insider directly owned 4,420 shares of the company's stock, valued at $199,916.60. The trade was a ∞ increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have purchased 26,869 shares of company stock valued at $1,194,980. Corporate insiders own 71.90% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Lineage

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in shares of Lineage by 15.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 4,956 shares of the company's stock valued at $290,000 after acquiring an additional 653 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Lineage in the 1st quarter valued at about $886,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC lifted its holdings in Lineage by 197.0% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 288,518 shares of the company's stock valued at $16,916,000 after purchasing an additional 191,362 shares in the last quarter.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on LINE. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Lineage from $68.00 to $59.00 and set an "in-line" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Lineage from $64.00 to $48.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 19th. KeyCorp reiterated a "sector weight" rating and issued a $84.00 price objective on shares of Lineage in a report on Tuesday, July 1st. Barclays lowered their target price on Lineage from $59.00 to $52.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Scotiabank cut their price target on shares of Lineage from $56.00 to $50.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 15th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Lineage currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $61.15.

Lineage Company Profile

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.