COLD vs. AVB, EQR, IRM, WY, ARE, SBAC, VTR, ESS, MAA, and SUI
Should you be buying Americold Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Americold Realty Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), SBA Communications (SBAC), Ventas (VTR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Sun Communities (SUI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AvalonBay Communities received 405 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to AvalonBay Communities' net margin of -12.17%. Americold Realty Trust's return on equity of 8.12% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $30.78, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 10 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 4 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 1.04 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 101.2% 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 -75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Americold Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Americold Realty Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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