Contrasting Line (NASDAQ:LINE) and Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHO)

Sotherly Hotels ( NASDAQ:SOHO – Get Free Report ) and Lineage ( NASDAQ:LINE – Get Free Report ) are both financial companies, but which is the superior business? We’ll compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

dividends

Sotherly Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 39.7%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sotherly Hotels pays out -247.6% of earnings as a dividend. Lineage pays out -11.1% of its earnings as a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next few years. Sotherly Hotels is clearly the best dividend stock given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Institutional and insider ownership

27.5% of Sotherly Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lineage shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Sotherly Hotels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that big money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe the stock is poised for long-term growth.

return

This table compares Sotherly Hotels and Lineage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Sotherly Hotels and Lineage, provided by MarketBeat.

Sotherly Hotels currently has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.50%. Lineage has a consensus target price of $93.63, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Lineage’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lineage is more favorable than Sotherly Hotels.

Earnings and Rating

This table compares Sotherly Hotels and Lineage’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Summary

Sotherly Hotels beats Lineage in 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sotherly Hotels

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Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a self-managed and self-managed lodging REIT focused on the acquisition, renovation, upbranding and repositioning of full-service luxury to super-upscale hotels in the Southern United States. Sotherly may also acquire hotels throughout the United States on a timely basis. The Company’s portfolio currently consists of investments in ten hotel properties, comprising 2,786 rooms, as well as interests in two condominium hotels and their associated rental programs. The company owns hotels that operate under the Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt Hotels Corporation brands, as well as independent hotels. Sotherly Hotels Inc. was organized in 2004 and is headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia.

About Lineage

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Lineage, Inc. is the world’s largest temperature-controlled global warehouse REIT with a network of more than 480 strategically located facilities totaling more than 84.1 million square feet and 3.0 billion cubic meters of capacity in North American countries , Europe and Asia-Pacific. Bringing together end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage works with some of the world’s largest food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, promote sustainability, minimize waste from supply chain and, most importantly, to feed the world.

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