Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The Third-Party Managed segment manages warehouses on behalf of third parties and provides warehouse management services to food retailers and manufacturers in customer-owned facilities. The Transportation segment is involved in brokering and managing transportation of frozen and perishable food and other products. The Other segment includes ownership in a limestone quarry in Carthage, Missouri. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.41 to $15.09
• 50-Day Range: $14.30 to $17.37
• 52-Week Range: $14.23 to $29.58
• Volume: 4.47 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.99 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.13 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 6.35%
• Price Target: $20.45
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Americold Realty Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Americold Realty Trust scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 23rd out of 934 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Americold Realty Trust has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.55, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Americold Realty Trust has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.84%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Americold Realty Trust are expected to grow by 8.84% in the coming year, from $1.47 to $1.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Americold Realty Trust is -76.34, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Americold Realty Trust is -76.34, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Americold Realty Trust has a PEG Ratio of 4.58. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Americold Realty Trust has a P/B Ratio of 1.31. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.19% of the float of Americold Realty Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Americold Realty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Americold Realty Trust has recently decreased by 3.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Americold Realty Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.94%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Americold Realty Trust has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Americold Realty Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.50% next year. This indicates that Americold Realty Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.18

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.19% of the float of Americold Realty Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Americold Realty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Americold Realty Trust has recently decreased by 3.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.09

News Sentiment

Americold Realty Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 15 news articles for Americold Realty Trust this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

13 people have searched for COLD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 333% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Americold Realty Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Americold Realty Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.23% of the stock of Americold Realty Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.14% of the stock of Americold Realty Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

COLD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have COLD shares performed this year?

Americold Realty Trust's stock was trading at $21.40 at the start of the year. Since then, COLD stock has decreased by 32.2% and is now trading at $14.4990.

How were Americold Realty Trust's earnings last quarter?

Americold Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:COLD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.02. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Americold Realty Trust IPO?

Americold Realty Trust (COLD) raised $360 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, January 19th 2018. The company issued 24,000,000 shares at $14.00-$16.00 per share. BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Baird, Citizens Capital Markets, Raymond James, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, BB&T Capital Markets and BTIG were co-managers.

Who are Americold Realty Trust's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Americold Realty Trust include Norges Bank (4.36%), State Street Corp (3.76%), Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC (2.18%) and American Century Companies Inc. (1.81%). Insiders that own company stock include George F Jr Chappelle, James C Snyder Jr, Jay Wells, Thomas C Novosel, Robert E Harris and Robert Scott Chambers.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Americold Realty Trust?

Shares of COLD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Americold Realty Trust own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Americold Realty Trust investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Home Depot (HD), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC) and Chevron (CVX).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2025
• Last Earnings: 8/07/2025
• Today: 8/28/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - EQTY TRUST - OTHER
• Sub-Industry: Trading
• Current Symbol: NYSE:COLD
• CIK: 1455863
• Web: www.americold.com
• Phone: (678) 441-1400
• Fax: 678-441-6824
• Employees: 13,755
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Americold Realty Trust: $20.45
• High Price Target: $27.00
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.55
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.19)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.05
• P/E Growth: 4.58
• Net Income: -$94.31 million
• Net Margins: -2.09%
• Pretax Margin: -2.18%
• Return on Equity: -1.68%
• Return on Assets: -0.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.13
• Current Ratio: 0.12
• Quick Ratio: 0.12

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.67 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.58
• Cash Flow: $0.95 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.48
• Book Value: $11.04 per share
• Price / Book: 1.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 284,800,000
• Free Float: 284,143,000
• Market Cap: $4.21 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.81