Lineage (LINE) Competitors

VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is VICI or LINE more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. VICI Properties' return on equity of 10.24% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VICI or LINE?

VICI Properties received 276 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.09% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VICI Properties	Outperform Votes 306 66.09%	Underperform Votes 157 33.91%
Lineage	Outperform Votes 30 61.22%	Underperform Votes 19 38.78%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VICI or LINE?

97.7% of VICI Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.9% of Lineage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer VICI or LINE?

VICI Properties presently has a consensus price target of $35.18, suggesting a potential upside of 8.35%. Lineage has a consensus price target of $67.58, suggesting a potential upside of 49.18%. Given Lineage's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VICI or LINE?

VICI Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VICI Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VICI Properties	$3.88B	8.84	$2.51B	$2.50	12.99
Lineage	$5.30B	1.95	-$77.40M	-$3.22	-14.07

Is VICI or LINE a better dividend stock?

VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lineage pays out -65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. VICI Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. VICI Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor VICI or LINE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 5 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lineage and 15 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Lineage's score of -0.06 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VICI Properties	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lineage	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

VICI Properties beats Lineage on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.