COLD vs. STAG, RHP, FR, AGNC, STWD, BRX, ADC, HR, AIRC, and RITM
Should you be buying Americold Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Americold Realty Trust include STAG Industrial (STAG), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Agree Realty (ADC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), and Rithm Capital (RITM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 6 mentions for STAG Industrial. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat STAG Industrial's score of 1.02 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
STAG Industrial has a net margin of 24.92% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -12.17%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 5.21% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.
Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.47%. STAG Industrial has a consensus target price of $39.13, indicating a potential upside of 7.55%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
STAG Industrial received 181 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
STAG Industrial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
STAG Industrial beats Americold Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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