Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCPT or LINE?

Four Corners Property Trust received 228 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.22% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote while only 50.69% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 258 50.69%	Underperform Votes 251 49.31%
Lineage	Outperform Votes 30 61.22%	Underperform Votes 19 38.78%

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

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FCPT or LINE?

Four Corners Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $29.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Lineage has a consensus target price of $67.58, suggesting a potential upside of 48.62%. Given Lineage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Four Corners Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 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 FCPT or LINE more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.48% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.54% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.48%	7.54%	3.95%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FCPT or LINE?

Four Corners Property Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Four Corners Property Trust, 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
Four Corners Property Trust	$273.08M	10.05	$100.47M	$1.07	25.53
Lineage	$5.30B	1.96	-$77.40M	-$3.22	-14.12

Is FCPT or LINE a better dividend stock?

Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 132.7% 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. Four Corners Property Trust has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Four Corners Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to FCPT or LINE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 3 more articles in the media than Four Corners Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lineage and 10 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust. Four Corners Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Lineage's score of 0.42 indicating that Four Corners Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lineage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Four Corners Property Trust beats Lineage on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.