Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Competitors

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Is COLD or ESRT a better dividend stock?

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -214.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 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 longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer COLD or ESRT?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 13 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 6 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 1.15 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Americold Realty Trust	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Empire State Realty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, COLD or ESRT?

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, COLD or ESRT?

Empire State Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire State Realty Trust, 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	$2.63B	1.88	-$336.21M	-$0.43	-40.36
Empire State Realty Trust	$766.81M	1.64	$53.24M	$0.30	24.95

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COLD or ESRT?

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is COLD or ESRT more profitable?

Empire State Realty Trust has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -3.54%. Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.84% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%
Empire State Realty Trust	6.45%	2.84%	1.14%

Do analysts rate COLD or ESRT?

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $26.09, suggesting a potential upside of 50.34%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $10.43, suggesting a potential upside of 39.39%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Empire State Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Empire State Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COLD or ESRT?

Americold Realty Trust received 35 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.01% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 277 61.01%	Underperform Votes 177 38.99%
Empire State Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 242 50.00%	Underperform Votes 242 50.00%

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.