COLD vs. EGP, FR, PLD, STAG, TRNO, WELL, HLI, GLXY, DOC, and GLPI
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), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), and Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Americold Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors
EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $6.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. EastGroup Properties pays out 133.9% 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 pays out -484.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EastGroup Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Americold Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 5 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.37 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus price target of $188.31, indicating a potential upside of 11.81%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $18.31, indicating a potential upside of 39.80%. Given Americold Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
EastGroup Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 34.85% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -2.09%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.29% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats Americold Realty Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:COLD) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
