Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) Financial Contrast

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Americold Realty Trust and Lineage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Americold Realty Trust and Lineage”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67 billion	2.44	-$336.21 million	($0.34)	-67.38
Lineage	$5.33 billion	2.58	-$77.40 million	N/A	N/A

Lineage has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust.

Dividends

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -258.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Americold Realty Trust and Lineage, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	0	3	9	0	2.75
Lineage	0	7	10	1	2.67

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $29.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.31%. Lineage has a consensus price target of $82.41, suggesting a potential upside of 36.78%. Given Lineage’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lineage is more favorable than Americold Realty Trust.

About Americold Realty Trust

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. The Third-Party Managed segment manages warehouses on behalf of third parties and provides warehouse management services to food retailers and manufacturers in customer-owned facilities. The Transportation segment is involved in brokering and managing transportation of frozen and perishable food and other products. The Other segment includes ownership in a limestone quarry in Carthage, Missouri. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

About Lineage

Lineage, Inc. is the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT with a network of over 480 strategically located facilities totaling over 84.1 million square feet and 3.0 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste, and, most importantly, feed the world.