Lineage (LINE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARES or LINE?

Ares Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Management	$3.88B	12.45	$440.96M	$2.03	75.55
Lineage	$5.34B	2.09	-$77.40M	N/A	N/A

Is ARES or LINE a better dividend stock?

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARES or LINE?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ARES or LINE more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

Does the media prefer ARES or LINE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 15 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Lineage and 23 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Lineage's score of 0.78 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Management	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lineage	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARES or LINE?

Ares Management received 581 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 609 68.97%	Underperform Votes 274 31.03%
Lineage	Outperform Votes 28 65.12%	Underperform Votes 15 34.88%

Do analysts prefer ARES or LINE?

Ares Management presently has a consensus target price of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Lineage has a consensus target price of $77.32, suggesting a potential upside of 58.14%. Given Lineage's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Summary

Ares Management beats Lineage on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.