InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT – Get Free Report) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lineage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares InvenTrust Properties and Lineage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
InvenTrust Properties | 2.46% | 0.42% | 0.26% |
Lineage | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dividends
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for InvenTrust Properties and Lineage, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
InvenTrust Properties | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
Lineage | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2.76 |
InvenTrust Properties currently has a consensus target price of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.47%. Lineage has a consensus target price of $93.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.86%. Given Lineage’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than InvenTrust Properties.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares InvenTrust Properties and Lineage”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
InvenTrust Properties | $263.01 million | 7.60 | $5.27 million | $0.10 | 294.30 |
Lineage | $5.33 billion | 3.48 | -$77.40 million | ($13.67) | -5.57 |
InvenTrust Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InvenTrust Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
InvenTrust Properties beats Lineage on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About InvenTrust Properties
InvenTrust Properties Corp. (the “Company,” “IVT,” or “InvenTrust”) is a premier Sun Belt, multi-tenant essential retail REIT that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages grocery-anchored neighborhood and community centers as well as high-quality power centers that often have a grocery component. Management pursues the Company’s business strategy by acquiring retail properties in Sun Belt markets, opportunistically disposing of retail properties, maintaining a flexible capital structure, and enhancing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and standards. A trusted, local operator bringing real estate expertise to its tenant relationships, IVT has built a strong reputation with market participants across its portfolio. IVT is committed to leadership in ESG practices and has been a Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) member since 2013.
About Lineage
Lineage, Inc. is the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT with a network of over 480 strategically located facilities totaling over 84.1 million square feet and 3.0 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste, and, most importantly, feed the world.
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