Lineage vs Public Storage
LINE and PSA side by side, both in miscellaneous investing. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LINE and PSA compare
Public Storage is the larger company, worth 7.8 times as much as Lineage ($62.7B against $8.1B).
Public Storage grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.2% versus −0.06% for Lineage).
Public Storage keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 37.8% compared with −4.2% at Lineage.
Both pay dividends: Lineage yields 6.0% and Public Storage 3.6%.
Public Storage scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 8 for Lineage), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LINE | PSA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.1B | $62.7B |
| Share price | $35.40 | $335.73 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.8% | 23.1% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 1.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.46 | 0.72 |
| Employees | 24K | 5,770 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 35.2× |
| P/S | 1.5× (better) | 12.5× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 4.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.5× (better) | 17.9× |
| P/FCF | 310× | – |
| FCF yield | 0.32% | – |
| Fair value | $29.64 | $243.75 |
| Margin of safety | −19.4% (better) | −37.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.06% | 5.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 10.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 0.44% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −0.83% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 7.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.4% | – |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | – |
| Net margin | −4.2% | 37.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.49% | – |
| Return on equity | −2.8% | 16.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 0.42% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.01 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.64 (better) | −0.10 |
| Interest coverage | 0.3× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.05 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.54 | 2.83 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 6.0% (better) | 3.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 8.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.0% (better) | 3.6% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 33.7% | 81.8% |
| Held by insiders | – | 9.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.8M (better) | −$772K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- LINE stock overview
- LINE income statement
- LINE valuation and score
- PSA stock overview
- PSA income statement
- PSA valuation and score
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