How to buy Americold Realty Trust stock

Americold Realty Trust is a reit-industrial business based in the US. Americold Realty Trust shares (COLD) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Americold Realty Trust employs 16,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Americold Realty Trust share price

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Americold Realty Trust shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$27.14 - $40.58
50-day moving average	$38.53
200-day moving average	$36.36
Wall St. target price	$44.50
PE ratio	362.5455
Dividend yield	$0.84 (2.11%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.11

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Is it a good time to buy Americold Realty Trust stock?

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Is Americold Realty Trust under- or over-valued?

Valuing Americold Realty Trust stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Americold Realty Trust's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Americold Realty Trust's P/E ratio

Americold Realty Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 363x. In other words, Americold Realty Trust shares trade at around 363x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Americold Realty Trust's PEG ratio

Americold Realty Trust's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.6112. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Americold Realty Trust's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Americold Realty Trust's EBITDA

Americold Realty Trust's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $406.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Americold Realty Trust's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Americold Realty Trust financials

Revenue TTM	$2 billion
Operating margin TTM	9.96%
Gross profit TTM	$559.8 million
Return on assets TTM	2.06%
Return on equity TTM	0.87%
Profit margin	1.23%
Book value	$15.06
Market capitalisation	$10.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Americold Realty Trust shares

There are currently 10.1 million Americold Realty Trust shares held short by investors – that's known as Americold Realty Trust's "short interest". This figure is 16.4% up from 8.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Americold Realty Trust shares can be evaluated.

Americold Realty Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Americold Realty Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Americold Realty Trust shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Americold Realty Trust shares traded daily (recently around 2.2 million). Americold Realty Trust's SIR currently stands at 4.58. In other words for every 100,000 Americold Realty Trust shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4580 shares are currently held short.

However Americold Realty Trust's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Americold Realty Trust shares, or, against the total number of tradable Americold Realty Trust shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Americold Realty Trust's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Americold Realty Trust shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.045% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Americold Realty Trust shares, roughly 45 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Americold Realty Trust.

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Americold Realty Trust share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 69.11% of net profits

Recently Americold Realty Trust has paid out, on average, around 69.11% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.21% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Americold Realty Trust shareholders could enjoy a 2.21% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Americold Realty Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $0.84 per share.

Americold Realty Trust's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Americold Realty Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 14 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 March 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Americold Realty Trust share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Americold Realty Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as $27.1356 up to $40.5818. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Americold Realty Trust's is 0.1348. This would suggest that Americold Realty Trust's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Americold Realty Trust overview

Americold is the world's largest publicly traded REIT focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition and development of temperature-controlled warehouses. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates 185 temperature-controlled warehouses, with over 1 billion refrigerated cubic feet of storage, in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Argentina. Americold's facilities are an integral component of the supply chain connecting food producers, processors, distributors and retailers to consumers. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Americold Realty Trust is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.277% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders and 108.94% by institutions. How many people work for Americold Realty Trust?
Latest data suggests 16,300 work at Americold Realty Trust. When does the fiscal year end for Americold Realty Trust?
Americold Realty Trust's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Americold Realty Trust based?
Americold Realty Trust's address is: South Tower, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30328 What is Americold Realty Trust's ISIN number?
Americold Realty Trust's international securities identification number is: US03064D1081 What is Americold Realty Trust's CUSIP number?
Americold Realty Trust's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03064D108