Versor Investments LP Makes New Investment in Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD)

Versor Investments LP purchased a new stake in shares of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 14,100 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $302,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lifted its stake in Americold Realty Trust by 9.6% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 1,412,678 shares of the company's stock worth $39,936,000 after purchasing an additional 123,776 shares during the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 139.3% during the fourth quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 61,788 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,322,000 after purchasing an additional 35,973 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Americold Realty Trust by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,900,054 shares of the company's stock worth $110,255,000 after buying an additional 165,667 shares during the period. TCW Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Americold Realty Trust by 21.6% during the 4th quarter. TCW Group Inc. now owns 80,892 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,731,000 after buying an additional 14,386 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in Americold Realty Trust by 48.1% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 53,236 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,139,000 after buying an additional 17,295 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 98.14% of the company's stock.

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Americold Realty Trust Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of COLD stock traded up $0.18 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $22.67. 2,192,113 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,086,853. The company has a current ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The company has a market cap of $6.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -66.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.61. Americold Realty Trust, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $20.41 and a fifty-two week high of $30.45. The stock's 50 day moving average is $21.71 and its 200-day moving average is $24.39.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.27. Americold Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 2.70% and a negative net margin of 3.54%. The business had revenue of $666.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $684.03 million. Analysts predict that Americold Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Americold Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.88%. Americold Realty Trust's payout ratio is -258.82%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on COLD shares. Raymond James decreased their target price on Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $27.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $33.00 to $30.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Scotiabank cut their target price on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $27.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $30.00 to $25.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $33.00 to $30.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $29.17.

Americold Realty Trust Profile

Americold Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which focuses on the ownership, operation, development, and acquisition of temperature-controlled warehouses. It operates through the following segments: Warehouse, Third-Party Managed, Transportation, and Other. The Warehouse segment collects rent and storage fees from customers to store frozen and perishable food and other products within the firm's real estate portfolio.