Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) Competitors

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) and Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LINE or APLE?

Apple Hospitality REIT received 315 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote while only 56.92% of users gave Apple Hospitality REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lineage	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%
Apple Hospitality REIT	Outperform Votes 333 56.92%	Underperform Votes 252 43.08%

Is LINE or APLE a better dividend stock?

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 112.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate LINE or APLE?

Lineage currently has a consensus target price of $90.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.11%. Apple Hospitality REIT has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.42%. Given Lineage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Apple Hospitality REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Apple Hospitality REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is LINE or APLE more profitable?

Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 14.53% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity of 6.17% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%
Apple Hospitality REIT	14.53%	6.17%	4.09%

Does the media prefer LINE or APLE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 1 more articles in the media than Apple Hospitality REIT. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lineage and 12 mentions for Apple Hospitality REIT. Apple Hospitality REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Lineage's score of 0.19 indicating that Apple Hospitality REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lineage	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Apple Hospitality REIT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LINE or APLE?

Apple Hospitality REIT 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	2.73	-$77.40M	N/A	N/A
Apple Hospitality REIT	$1.34B	2.74	$177.49M	$0.85	18.07

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LINE or APLE?

89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lineage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Apple Hospitality REIT beats Lineage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.