Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate COLD or ESRT?

Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 36.27%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Empire State Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Empire State Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COLD or ESRT?

Americold Realty Trust received 32 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.07% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 273 61.07%	Underperform Votes 174 38.93%
Empire State Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 241 50.63%	Underperform Votes 235 49.37%

Does the media favor COLD or ESRT?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust and Americold Realty Trust both had 4 articles in the media. Empire State Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 0.97 indicating that Empire State Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Empire State Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, COLD or ESRT?

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, COLD or ESRT?

Empire State Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire State Realty Trust, 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	2.28	-$336.21M	-$1.01	-21.19
Empire State Realty Trust	$739.57M	2.17	$53.24M	$0.27	35.72

Is COLD or ESRT a better dividend stock?

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 51.9% 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.

Is COLD or ESRT more profitable?

Empire State Realty Trust has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -10.63%. Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.73% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-10.63%	-8.08%	-3.64%
Empire State Realty Trust	6.22%	2.73%	1.10%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COLD or ESRT?

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Empire State Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.