444,100 Shares in Americold Realty Trust Inc. $COLD Purchased by Eisler Capital Management Ltd.

Key Points

• Eisler Capital Management Ltd. purchased 444,100 shares of Americold Realty Trust, valued at approximately $9.5 million, representing about 0.16% of the company's stock.
• Several hedge funds have recently adjusted their positions in Americold, with total institutional ownership reaching 98.14% of the company's shares.
• Analysts have set a consensus price target of $21.83 for Americold Realty Trust, with Royal Bank of Canada recently decreasing its price objective from $25.00 to $19.00.

Eisler Capital Management Ltd. bought a new position in Americold Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:COLD - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 444,100 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $9,526,000. Eisler Capital Management Ltd. owned about 0.16% of Americold Realty Trust as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. GKV Capital Management Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Americold Realty Trust during the 1st quarter valued at about $36,000. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 68.1% during the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,091 shares of the company's stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 847 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 64.2% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,113 shares of the company's stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 826 shares during the last quarter. Avalon Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Americold Realty Trust during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Finally, Spire Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of Americold Realty Trust during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $52,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.14% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

COLD has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Americold Realty Trust from $25.00 to $19.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Barclays dropped their price target on Americold Realty Trust from $21.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Scotiabank restated a "sector perform" rating and issued a $20.00 price target on shares of Americold Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, May 15th. BNP Paribas Exane downgraded Americold Realty Trust from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $18.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Thursday, June 12th. Finally, KeyCorp lowered their target price on Americold Realty Trust from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 1st. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Americold Realty Trust presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $21.83.

Americold Realty Trust Stock Down 4.4%

NYSE COLD opened at $14.80 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a current ratio of 0.12. The company has a market capitalization of $4.21 billion, a P/E ratio of -77.87, a P/E/G ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 0.81. Americold Realty Trust Inc. has a one year low of $14.23 and a one year high of $29.62. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $16.03 and a 200-day moving average price of $18.41.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.02. Americold Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 1.68% and a negative net margin of 2.09%.The firm had revenue of $650.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $644.95 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.38 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that Americold Realty Trust Inc. will post 1.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Americold Realty Trust Profile

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.

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