Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BAM or COLD?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BAM or COLD?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BAM or COLD?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $54.38, suggesting a potential downside of 2.14%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $29.17, suggesting a potential upside of 36.27%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAM or COLD?

Brookfield Asset Management received 277 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.40% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 550 65.40%	Underperform Votes 291 34.60%
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 273 61.07%	Underperform Votes 174 38.93%

Is BAM or COLD a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 134.5% 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 -87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BAM or COLD?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 13 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 4 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Brookfield Asset Management's score of 0.91 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Americold Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BAM or COLD more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 49.69% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -10.63%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 85.03% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	49.69%	85.03%	61.67%
Americold Realty Trust	-10.63%	-8.08%	-3.64%

Which has better valuation and earnings, BAM or COLD?

Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
Brookfield Asset Management	$4.06B	6.06	$451M	$1.13	49.17
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67B	2.28	-$336.21M	-$1.01	-21.19

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Americold Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.