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MetricLINELineage, Inc.PLDPrologis, Inc.EGPEASTGROUP PROPERTIES INCREXRRexford Industrial Realty, Inc.Median of the restexcluding LINE
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$35.09▲ 0.83 (2.42%)
$126.66▼ 0.94 (0.74%)
$202.70▼ 0.60 (0.30%)
$36.28▼ 0.52 (1.41%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/107.3/107.3/106.0/107.3/10
Market value$7.96B$117.69B$10.81B$8.40B
Revenue$5.36B$8.79B$721.3M$589.0K
Profit-$100.0M$3.33B$257.5M$212.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.0.3%7.2%12.7%-3.6%7.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.32.1%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.3.4%49.6%——49.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-1.9%37.9%35.7%35998.1%37.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.7%25.3%56.1%35426.3%56.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-1.2%6.3%7.4%2.5%6.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.1.0%4.4%——4.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—35.36x42.00x39.63x39.63x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.13.02x————
Price to book0.97x2.21x3.09x0.99x2.21x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.21x0.77x0.55x0.45x0.55x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/95/75/64/75.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How LINE compares with the others

  • LINE's operating margin of 3.4% is lower than the other company selected (49.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 0.3% against 7.2%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.2x against 0.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.