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$13.59 +0.39 (+2.94%)
Closing price 09/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$13.61 +0.02 (+0.16%)
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COLD vs. EGP, FR, STAG, TRNO, WELL, WPC, HLI, GLPI, REG, and JEF

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), Stag Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Welltower (WELL), W.P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Regency Centers (REG), and Jefferies Financial Group (JEF). 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 institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 11 mentions for EastGroup Properties. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 1.14 indicating that EastGroup Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Americold Realty Trust
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
EastGroup Properties
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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$2.67B1.45-$94.31M-$0.19-71.52
EastGroup Properties$640.23M13.97$227.75M$4.6336.21

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.19%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $188.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Americold Realty Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
EastGroup Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust-2.09% -1.68% -0.69%
EastGroup Properties 34.85%7.29%4.67%

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -484.2% 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.

Summary

EastGroup Properties beats Americold Realty Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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COLD vs. The Competition

MetricAmericold Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.76B$8.48B$12.58B$21.47B
Dividend Yield6.97%5.35%5.42%3.51%
P/E Ratio-71.5282.98229.8029.94
Price / Sales1.455.3730.6950.57
Price / Cash13.8018.9522.1224.51
Price / Book1.171.732.324.60
Net Income-$94.31M$130.30M$1.01B$999.91M
7 Day Performance-2.62%0.67%1.15%1.28%
1 Month Performance-7.50%7.86%3.28%5.31%
1 Year Performance-53.10%-6.45%543.83%16.45%

Americold Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COLD
Americold Realty Trust
4.7939 of 5 stars
$13.59
+2.9%
$20.00
+47.2%
-53.3%$3.76B$2.67B-71.5213,755Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.3516 of 5 stars
$166.74
-0.9%
$188.42
+13.0%
-8.6%$8.97B$640.23M36.0190Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.3549 of 5 stars
$52.21
-0.1%
$54.80
+5.0%
-5.1%$6.92B$700.47M25.47160Positive News
STAG
Stag Industrial
3.8393 of 5 stars
$36.61
-1.0%
$38.17
+4.3%
-7.1%$6.90B$767.38M28.8290
TRNO
Terreno Realty
2.507 of 5 stars
$58.69
-0.7%
$62.89
+7.2%
-13.8%$6.10B$382.62M23.2940
WELL
Welltower
4.6174 of 5 stars
$169.59
+1.1%
$175.00
+3.2%
+30.9%$112.24B$7.99B95.81510Positive News
WPC
W.P. Carey
3.2407 of 5 stars
$67.38
-1.1%
$66.33
-1.5%
+10.2%$14.92B$1.58B44.33190Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.8752 of 5 stars
$198.65
+0.8%
$210.60
+6.0%
+37.7%$13.86B$2.39B33.441,100Positive News
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
4.6905 of 5 stars
$47.93
-1.0%
$52.69
+9.9%
-7.3%$13.71B$1.57B18.5820Positive News
Analyst Forecast
REG
Regency Centers
4.2815 of 5 stars
$73.08
-0.8%
$79.00
+8.1%
-2.9%$13.38B$1.45B34.15440Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.615 of 5 stars
$64.18
+1.1%
$70.50
+9.8%
+19.0%$13.10B$7.03B24.227,822Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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