Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.390-1.450 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.460. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Americold Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:COLD traded down $0.96 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $11.82. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 12,967,784 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,778,042. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a current ratio of 0.12. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $13.24 and its 200 day simple moving average is $15.59. The company has a market cap of $3.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -62.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 0.84. Americold Realty Trust has a 12-month low of $11.49 and a 12-month high of $24.74.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.35. Americold Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 2.09% and a negative return on equity of 1.68%. The firm had revenue of $663.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $659.51 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.35 earnings per share. Americold Realty Trust’s revenue was down 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Americold Realty Trust has set its FY 2025 guidance at 1.390-1.450 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Americold Realty Trust will post 1.47 EPS for the current year.

Americold Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $0.23 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.8%. Americold Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -484.21%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on COLD. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $13.00 price objective on Americold Realty Trust and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Truist Financial decreased their target price on Americold Realty Trust from $20.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. KeyCorp cut their price objective on Americold Realty Trust from $23.00 to $18.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $20.00 to $17.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $18.00 to $15.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $17.77.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Americold Realty Trust

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Nebula Research & Development LLC acquired a new stake in Americold Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,393,000. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in Americold Realty Trust by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 73,671 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,225,000 after acquiring an additional 1,378 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its holdings in Americold Realty Trust by 69.3% in the second quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 23,614 shares of the company’s stock valued at $393,000 after purchasing an additional 9,663 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Americold Realty Trust by 279.1% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 19,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $321,000 after buying an additional 14,212 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FORA Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 93.4% during the second quarter. FORA Capital LLC now owns 18,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $315,000 after buying an additional 9,147 shares during the period. 98.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Americold Realty Trust Company Profile

Americold Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which focuses on the ownership, operation, development, and acquisition of temperature-controlled warehouses. It operates through the following segments: Warehouse, Third-Party Managed, Transportation, and Other. The Warehouse segment collects rent and storage fees from customers to store frozen and perishable food and other products within the firm’s real estate portfolio.