Lineage (LINE) Competitors

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the media prefer LINE or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 10 more articles in the media than Lineage. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ares Management and 15 mentions for Lineage. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Lineage's score of 0.45 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lineage	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ares Management	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LINE or ARES?

Ares Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lineage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lineage	$5.34B	2.52	-$77.40M	N/A	N/A
Ares Management	$5.19B	9.47	$440.96M	$2.03	76.81

Do analysts prefer LINE or ARES?

Lineage currently has a consensus price target of $82.06, suggesting a potential upside of 39.04%. Ares Management has a consensus price target of $173.83, suggesting a potential upside of 11.49%. Given Lineage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LINE or ARES?

Ares Management received 576 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lineage	Outperform Votes 25 67.57%	Underperform Votes 12 32.43%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 601 68.76%	Underperform Votes 273 31.24%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LINE or ARES?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LINE or ARES a better dividend stock?

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is LINE or ARES more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Summary

Ares Management beats Lineage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.