Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Competitors

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

Is COLD or EGP a better dividend stock?

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, COLD or EGP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67B	1.57	-$94.31M	-$0.19	-77.39
EastGroup Properties	$640.23M	13.87	$227.75M	$4.63	35.97

Is COLD or EGP more profitable?

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%

Do analysts recommend COLD or EGP?

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 54.14%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $189.31, suggesting a potential upside of 13.68%. Given Americold Realty Trust's higher possible 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	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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COLD or EGP?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor COLD or EGP?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than EastGroup Properties. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 15 mentions for EastGroup Properties. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 1.26 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EastGroup Properties	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, COLD or EGP?

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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