Head to Head Survey: Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE)

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) and Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Lineage has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Realty has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 71.9% of Lineage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Getty Realty 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lineage and Getty Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	4	11	5	0	2.05
Getty Realty	0	4	2	0	2.33

Lineage presently has a consensus target price of $43.28, indicating a potential upside of 32.66%. Getty Realty has a consensus target price of $32.20, indicating a potential downside of 1.16%. Given Lineage’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Getty Realty.

Profitability

This table compares Lineage and Getty Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lineage	-1.87%	-1.06%	-0.52%
Getty Realty	35.72%	7.86%	3.86%

Dividends

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Getty Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Lineage pays out -495.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Getty Realty pays out 144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Getty Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Lineage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lineage and Getty Realty”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lineage	$5.36 billion	1.38	-$100.00 million	($0.43)	-75.87
Getty Realty	$221.73 million	8.79	$79.19 million	$1.34	24.31

Getty Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lineage. Lineage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Getty Realty beats Lineage on 11 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 Getty Realty

Getty Realty Corp. is a publicly traded, net lease REIT specializing in the acquisition, financing and development of convenience, automotive and other single tenant retail real estate. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s portfolio included 1,093 freestanding properties located in 40 states across the United States and Washington, D.C.