COLD vs. STAG, RHP, FR, AGNC, STWD, BRX, ADC, HR, AIRC, and RITM
Should you be buying Americold Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Americold Realty Trust include STAG Industrial (STAG), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Agree Realty (ADC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), and Rithm Capital (RITM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
STAG Industrial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% 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 -75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STAG Industrial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. STAG Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
STAG Industrial presently has a consensus target price of $39.13, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.47%. Given STAG Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
STAG Industrial has a net margin of 24.92% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of -12.17%. Americold Realty Trust's return on equity of 5.21% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Americold Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Americold Realty Trust and 6 mentions for STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 1.03 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
STAG Industrial received 181 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
STAG Industrial beats Americold Realty Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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