Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COLD or CBOE?

Americold Realty Trust received 272 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 274 61.02%	Underperform Votes 175 38.98%
Cboe Global Markets	Outperform Votes 2 11.11%	Underperform Votes 16 88.89%

Is COLD or CBOE more profitable?

Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -3.54%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 22.02% 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%
Cboe Global Markets	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, COLD or CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, 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	2.29	-$336.21M	-$0.34	-63.26
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09B	5.48	$764.90M	$7.22	29.67

Which has more volatility & risk, COLD or CBOE?

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COLD or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -270.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 34.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in COLD or CBOE?

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held 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.

Does the media refer more to COLD or CBOE?

In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 5 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 13 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 1.14 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Americold Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cboe Global Markets	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer COLD or CBOE?

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $28.82, suggesting a potential upside of 33.98%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus price target of $206.86, suggesting a potential downside of 3.44%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

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
Cboe Global Markets	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Cboe Global Markets beats Americold Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.