WisdomTree (WT) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WT or COLD?

WisdomTree has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WisdomTree, 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
WisdomTree	$407.88M	3.81	$102.55M	$0.29	36.72
Americold Realty Trust	$2.68B	2.28	-$336.21M	-$1.01	-21.27

Do analysts rate WT or COLD?

WisdomTree currently has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.02%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 35.79%. Given Americold Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than WisdomTree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WisdomTree	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Americold Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is WT or COLD more profitable?

WisdomTree has a net margin of 14.33% compared to Americold Realty Trust's net margin of -10.63%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 22.91% beat Americold Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WisdomTree	14.33%	22.91%	9.81%
Americold Realty Trust	-10.63%	-8.08%	-3.64%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WT or COLD?

78.6% of WisdomTree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of WisdomTree shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, WT or COLD?

WisdomTree has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WT or COLD a better dividend stock?

WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. WisdomTree pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Americold Realty Trust pays out -87.1% 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.

Does the media favor WT or COLD?

In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than WisdomTree. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 3 mentions for WisdomTree. Americold Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat WisdomTree's score of 1.07 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
WisdomTree	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Americold Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WT or COLD?

Americold Realty Trust received 255 more outperform votes than WisdomTree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave WisdomTree an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WisdomTree	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%
Americold Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 273 61.07%	Underperform Votes 174 38.93%

Summary

WisdomTree and Americold Realty Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.