Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Has $8.75 Million Stock Position in Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD)

Tudor Investment Corp ET AL decreased its stake in shares of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD - Free Report) by 27.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 408,792 shares of the company's stock after selling 152,627 shares during the quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL owned about 0.14% of Americold Realty Trust worth $8,748,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Earnest Partners LLC grew its holdings in Americold Realty Trust by 32.5% during the fourth quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 2,523,989 shares of the company's stock worth $54,013,000 after purchasing an additional 619,503 shares during the period. Argosy Lionbridge Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Americold Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,996,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 177,609 shares of the company's stock worth $3,801,000 after acquiring an additional 3,335 shares during the last quarter. Pinebridge Investments L.P. raised its stake in Americold Realty Trust by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Pinebridge Investments L.P. now owns 25,257 shares of the company's stock valued at $540,000 after acquiring an additional 1,045 shares during the period. Finally, Dark Forest Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Americold Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $569,000. Institutional investors own 98.14% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Americold Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE COLD traded up $0.24 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $19.42. The company had a trading volume of 2,163,991 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,196,309. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $20.72 and a 200-day moving average price of $22.04. The company has a market capitalization of $5.53 billion, a PE ratio of -57.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a current ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. Americold Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $16.67 and a twelve month high of $30.45.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.27. The business had revenue of $666.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $684.03 million. Americold Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 2.70% and a negative net margin of 3.54%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Americold Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Americold Realty Trust Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th were issued a dividend of $0.23 per share. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 28th. This is an increase from Americold Realty Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. 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.