Head-To-Head Survey: Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) & Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE)

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

Dividends

Getty Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. 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. Lineage pays out -495.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Getty Realty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Lineage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Getty Realty and Lineage, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Getty Realty currently has a consensus target price of $32.20, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Lineage has a consensus target price of $43.28, suggesting a potential upside of 25.73%. Given Lineage’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Getty Realty.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Getty Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.9% of Lineage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Getty Realty	$221.73 million	8.95	$79.19 million	$1.34	24.75
Lineage	$5.36 billion	1.46	-$100.00 million	($0.43)	-80.05

Getty Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Volatility & Risk

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

Profitability

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

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

Summary

Getty Realty beats Lineage on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.