Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD) Holdings Raised by Alyeska Investment Group L.P.

Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD - Free Report) by 115.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,387,738 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 3,427,083 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. owned 2.25% of Americold Realty Trust worth $136,698,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Americold Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $478,674,000. Cohen & Steers Inc. grew its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 16.3% in the 4th quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 28,837,300 shares of the company's stock valued at $617,085,000 after buying an additional 4,049,374 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Americold Realty Trust by 253.8% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,213,139 shares of the company's stock worth $68,761,000 after acquiring an additional 2,304,867 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Americold Realty Trust by 132.0% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,951,001 shares of the company's stock valued at $63,151,000 after acquiring an additional 1,678,949 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC boosted its stake in Americold Realty Trust by 85.6% in the fourth quarter. Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC now owns 3,586,563 shares of the company's stock valued at $76,752,000 after acquiring an additional 1,654,650 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.14% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Barclays raised Americold Realty Trust from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and reduced their target price for the company from $26.00 to $21.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Scotiabank lowered their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $28.00 to $24.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $28.00.

Americold Realty Trust Trading Down 4.5 %

NYSE COLD traded down $0.82 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $17.59. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,645,283 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,224,953. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 0.15 and a quick ratio of 0.15. Americold Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $16.60 and a 52-week high of $30.45. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $20.46 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $21.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion, a P/E ratio of -51.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.95.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by ($0.01). Americold Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 3.54% and a negative return on equity of 2.70%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.37 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Americold Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.47 EPS for the current year.

Americold Realty Trust Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th were paid a dividend of $0.23 per share. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.23%. This is an increase from Americold Realty Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 28th. Americold Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is -270.59%.

About Americold Realty Trust

Americold Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which focuses on the ownership, operation, development, and acquisition of temperature-controlled warehouses. It operates through the following segments: Warehouse, Third-Party Managed, Transportation, and Other. The Warehouse segment collects rent and storage fees from customers to store frozen and perishable food and other products within the firm's real estate portfolio.