Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Competitors

Nomura (NYSE:NMR) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

Is NMR or COLD a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Nomura pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Americold Realty Trust pays out -270.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer NMR or COLD?

In the previous week, Nomura had 5 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nomura and 6 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Nomura's score of 0.11 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Americold Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NMR or COLD?

15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NMR or COLD?

Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.93%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is NMR or COLD more profitable?

Nomura has a net margin of 7.96% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -3.54%. Nomura's return on equity of 9.19% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, NMR or COLD?

Nomura has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, NMR or COLD?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nomura, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nomura	$1.67T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.73	7.58
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67B	2.06	-$336.21M	-$0.34	-56.82

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NMR or COLD?

Americold Realty Trust received 39 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.20% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.74%	Underperform Votes 204 46.26%
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 276 61.20%	Underperform Votes 175 38.80%

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Nomura on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.