Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) Competitors

Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media prefer BNL or LINE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 6 more articles in the media than Broadstone Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Lineage and 8 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease. Broadstone Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Lineage's score of 0.42 indicating that Broadstone Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Broadstone Net Lease	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lineage	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BNL or LINE?

Broadstone Net Lease currently has a consensus price target of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.85%. Lineage has a consensus price target of $67.58, suggesting a potential upside of 48.62%. Given Lineage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lineage is more favorable than Broadstone Net Lease.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is BNL or LINE a better dividend stock?

Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 190.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lineage pays out -65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadstone Net Lease has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Broadstone Net Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is BNL or LINE more profitable?

Broadstone Net Lease has a net margin of 37.62% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity of 5.10% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadstone Net Lease	37.62%	5.10%	3.08%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

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

89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BNL or LINE?

Broadstone Net Lease has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadstone Net Lease, 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
Broadstone Net Lease	$435.12M	6.77	$155.48M	$0.61	25.53
Lineage	$5.30B	1.96	-$77.40M	-$3.22	-14.12

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BNL or LINE?

Lineage received 4 more outperform votes than Broadstone Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote while only 36.11% of users gave Broadstone Net Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Broadstone Net Lease	Outperform Votes 26 36.11%	Underperform Votes 46 63.89%
Lineage	Outperform Votes 30 61.22%	Underperform Votes 19 38.78%

Summary

Broadstone Net Lease beats Lineage on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.