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$16.15 -0.47 (-2.83%)
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COLD vs. EGP, FR, PLD, STAG, TRNO, WELL, WPC, HLI, AMH, and REG

Should you be buying Americold Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Americold Realty Trust include EastGroup Properties (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Prologis (PLD), Stag Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Welltower (WELL), W.P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Americold Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust$2.67B1.72-$94.31M-$0.43-37.56
EastGroup Properties$640.23M13.73$227.75M$4.6335.60

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -214.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EastGroup Properties pays out 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Americold Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and EastGroup Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 34.85% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -4.58%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.29% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust-4.58% -3.60% -1.54%
EastGroup Properties 34.85%7.29%4.67%

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 11 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 8 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.64 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
EastGroup Properties
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $23.92, suggesting a potential upside of 48.09%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus target price of $189.31, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. Given Americold Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
EastGroup Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EastGroup Properties beats Americold Realty Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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COLD vs. The Competition

MetricAmericold Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.60B$8.35B$12.09B$20.78B
Dividend Yield5.67%5.83%5.56%3.60%
P/E Ratio-37.5636.4518.8227.72
Price / Sales1.725.0626.0567.40
Price / Cash16.9717.9321.5723.29
Price / Book1.391.642.154.52
Net Income-$94.31M$128.99M$999.65M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-4.74%-3.36%-1.82%-2.56%
1 Month Performance-2.71%0.06%1.73%2.01%
1 Year Performance-46.04%-10.56%538.38%8.22%

Americold Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COLD
Americold Realty Trust
4.9382 of 5 stars
$16.15
-2.8%
$23.92
+48.1%
-43.6%$4.60B$2.67B-37.5613,755Positive News
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.1643 of 5 stars
$161.18
-2.0%
$190.00
+17.9%
-11.4%$8.77B$640.23M19.1190Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.5554 of 5 stars
$48.81
-2.0%
$55.91
+14.5%
-7.7%$6.60B$669.64M17.61160Positive News
PLD
Prologis
4.4119 of 5 stars
$107.17
-2.8%
$120.74
+12.7%
-11.4%$102.34B$8.20B18.982,703Positive News
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.1935 of 5 stars
$34.75
-2.5%
$39.71
+14.3%
-11.6%$6.65B$767.38M14.6790News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TRNO
Terreno Realty
1.6731 of 5 stars
$55.76
-2.2%
$65.90
+18.2%
-16.9%$5.89B$382.62M23.0940News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WELL
Welltower
4.1823 of 5 stars
$158.42
-1.9%
$168.18
+6.2%
+48.7%$105.65B$7.99B35.98510Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
WPC
W.P. Carey
4.6321 of 5 stars
$64.09
-0.8%
$104.22
+62.6%
+6.2%$14.15B$1.58B13.66190News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.3977 of 5 stars
$192.87
-1.6%
$206.40
+7.0%
+29.8%$13.67B$2.39B31.201,100News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.4864 of 5 stars
$35.30
-2.0%
$40.90
+15.9%
+0.0%$13.33B$1.73B20.011,730Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
REG
Regency Centers
3.7953 of 5 stars
$70.04
-1.6%
$77.54
+10.7%
+8.3%$12.92B$1.45B16.29440Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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