Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE – Get Free Report) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Dividends
Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Lineage pays out -295.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Modiv Industrial pays out 333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Modiv Industrial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Modiv Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Lineage and Modiv Industrial, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lineage | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.12 |
| Modiv Industrial | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Lineage and Modiv Industrial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lineage | -3.15% | -1.85% | -0.89% |
| Modiv Industrial | 16.35% | 3.75% | 1.55% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Lineage and Modiv Industrial”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lineage | $5.36 billion | 1.74 | -$100.00 million | ($0.72) | -56.75 |
| Modiv Industrial | $46.16 million | 4.04 | $1.07 million | $0.36 | 50.14 |
Modiv Industrial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lineage. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modiv Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 71.6% of Lineage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Lineage has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Modiv Industrial beats Lineage on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Modiv Industrial
Modiv Industrial, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that is focused on single-tenant net-lease industrial manufacturing real estate. The Company actively acquires critical industrial manufacturing properties with long-term leases to tenants that fuel the national economy and strengthen the nation's supply chains.
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