Head to Head Review: Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) vs. InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT)

InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) 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

InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. InvenTrust Properties pays out 900.0% 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 -11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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.