The framework has shifted from markup to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 9.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 3%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 14%. The street (19 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $43.
Lineage Inc
LINE · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $9.2B · 24,000 employees
Lineage, Inc.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenScreen close, 2026-09-21 · not a live quote
Screened 2026-09-21 · the tape above runs as of 13:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 37.52 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 44.00, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
Lineage Inc holds its Markdown at $37.52. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 255 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 255 days |
| Price at the screen | $37.52 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -53.35 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.88 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 41.64% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 41.6% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 5.01% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 5.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.15% | Below 5% | Only 0.1% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-21 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 17.3% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 18 covering, consensus Hold. The average target sits +17% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-21 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsCold storage giant shows zero growth heat
Picture the world's largest network of temperature-controlled warehouses holding food and pharma shipments steady across continents. Lineage runs over 500 sites yet posts flat revenue, a negative three per cent profit margin and a two per cent negative return on equity.
Those figures explain why we pass. The forward earnings multiple sits at minus ninety-three times, the moat is rated weak and the shares trade right at our fair value with a consensus hold rating from nineteen analysts. No margin of safety appears on offer.
Energy price swings and shifting trade flows add further pressure on an already thin operation. Even an ethical screen pass does not change the lack of growth or returns. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | -53.3x |
| EPS, trailing | -0.72 |
| EPS, forward | -0.69 |
| Revenue growth | +0.8%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | -3.1%currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -2.0%not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| FCF yield | 10.04% |
| Dividend yield | 480.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.95moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 0.78below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.88steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.08% |
| 52-week range | 31.33 - 45.75 |
| Moat | WEAK |
| Market cap | $9.2B |
| Employees | 24,000 |
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 3.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 3%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 14%. The street (19 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $43.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 3%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 14%. The street (19 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $43.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
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Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $39.32 | +12.8% | · | $1,128 | +12.8% |
| 2 months | $34.33 | +29.1% | · | $1,291 | +29.1% |
| 3 months | $36.25 | +22.3% | $0.53 | $1,238 | +23.8% |
| 6 months | $35.78 | +23.9% | $1.06 | $1,269 | +26.9% |
| 1 year | $42.88 | +3.4% | $2.12 | $1,083 | +8.3% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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