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Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Competitors

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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.

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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EastGroup Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Americold Realty Trust
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EastGroup Properties$640.23M14.03$227.75M$4.6336.38
Americold Realty Trust$2.67B1.40-$94.31M-$0.19-68.93

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties34.85% 7.29% 4.67%
Americold Realty Trust -2.09%-1.68%-0.69%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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COLD vs. The Competition

MetricAmericold Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.73B$8.25B$12.42B$21.48B
Dividend Yield6.84%5.65%5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio-68.9378.2929.8229.66
Price / Sales1.404.9530.0086.18
Price / Cash14.0617.4019.3417.79
Price / Book1.131.612.274.63
Net Income-$94.31M$128.86M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.84%-2.11%-0.86%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-5.10%-6.82%-1.30%0.55%
1 Year Performance-51.10%-12.67%534.72%13.03%

Americold Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COLD
Americold Realty Trust
4.6621 of 5 stars
$13.10
-1.6%
$18.31
+39.8%
-50.4%$3.73B$2.67B-68.9313,755Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.3797 of 5 stars
$171.81
+0.4%
$188.31
+9.6%
-5.2%$9.13B$640.23M37.1190
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.805 of 5 stars
$51.59
-0.2%
$55.00
+6.6%
-5.6%$6.85B$669.64M25.17160Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PLD
Prologis
4.6517 of 5 stars
$117.17
+0.1%
$122.58
+4.6%
-6.3%$108.66B$8.20B31.752,703Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.3575 of 5 stars
$36.40
+0.4%
$38.00
+4.4%
-2.6%$6.77B$767.38M28.6690Dividend Announcement
TRNO
Terreno Realty
3.5006 of 5 stars
$58.33
+0.5%
$63.70
+9.2%
-10.0%$5.99B$382.62M23.1540
WELL
Welltower
4.4631 of 5 stars
$174.12
-0.5%
$180.69
+3.8%
+33.2%$117.07B$7.99B98.37510Positive News
HLI
Houlihan Lokey
4.8365 of 5 stars
$197.14
-2.1%
$213.83
+8.5%
+14.5%$14.16B$2.39B33.191,100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GLXY
Galaxy Digital
1.8517 of 5 stars
$38.84
+7.4%
$36.88
-5.1%
N/A$13.61BN/A0.00528Gap Down
DOC
Healthpeak Properties
4.909 of 5 stars
$19.25
-0.6%
$21.33
+10.8%
-17.1%$13.46B$2.70B80.21200Positive News
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
4.6617 of 5 stars
$46.20
-1.4%
$52.71
+14.1%
-12.7%$13.26B$1.53B17.9120

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