Lineage (LINE) Competitors

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

Is LINE or VICI 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
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%

Do analysts rate LINE or VICI?

Lineage presently has a consensus target price of $67.58, indicating a potential upside of 48.62%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $35.18, indicating a potential upside of 12.15%. Given Lineage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lineage is more favorable than VICI Properties.

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LINE or VICI?

97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LINE or VICI?

VICI Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Lineage	$5.30B	1.96	-$77.40M	-$3.22	-14.12
VICI Properties	$3.88B	8.54	$2.51B	$2.50	12.55

Does the media prefer LINE or VICI?

In the previous week, VICI Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Lineage. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for VICI Properties and 13 mentions for Lineage. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Lineage's score of 0.42 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lineage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VICI Properties	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LINE or VICI a better dividend stock?

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Lineage pays out -65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% 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 raised 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 MarketBeat Community prefer LINE or VICI?

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

Summary

VICI Properties beats Lineage on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.