Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COLD or TPG?

TPG has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust. TPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Americold Realty Trust, 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
Americold Realty Trust	$2.63B	1.86	-$336.21M	-$0.43	-39.92
TPG	$2.64B	6.61	$23.48M	-$0.33	-143.24

Does the media refer more to COLD or TPG?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than TPG. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 16 mentions for TPG. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat TPG's score of 0.63 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Americold Realty Trust	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TPG	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is COLD or TPG more profitable?

TPG has a net margin of 0.67% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -3.54%. TPG's return on equity of 24.66% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%
TPG	0.67%	24.66%	8.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COLD or TPG?

Americold Realty Trust received 251 more outperform votes than TPG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.01% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave TPG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 277 61.01%	Underperform Votes 177 38.99%
TPG	Outperform Votes 26 28.57%	Underperform Votes 65 71.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, COLD or TPG?

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPG has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COLD or TPG a better dividend stock?

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. TPG pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -214.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TPG pays out -497.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer COLD or TPG?

Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $26.09, suggesting a potential upside of 52.01%. TPG has a consensus price target of $60.08, suggesting a potential upside of 27.11%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than TPG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
TPG	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COLD or TPG?

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of TPG shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.5% of TPG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats TPG on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.