COLD vs. EGP, FR, PLD, STAG, TRNO, WELL, NMR, FUTU, WPC, and AMH
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), Nomura (NMR), Futu (FUTU), W.P. Carey (WPC), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH).
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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 34.60% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -4.58%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.41% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.
Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -214.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EastGroup Properties pays out 122.5% 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.
Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.07%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus target price of $188.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Americold Realty Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
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.
In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 7 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 0.83 indicating that EastGroup Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats Americold Realty Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:COLD) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff