Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD) Shares Sold by Vontobel Holding Ltd.

Vontobel Holding Ltd. reduced its position in Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:COLD) by 32.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 20,200 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,500 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in Americold Realty Trust were worth $432,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Signaturefd LLC boosted its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 17.3% during the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 4,683 shares of the company’s stock worth $132,000 after purchasing an additional 689 shares in the last quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. boosted its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 18,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $510,000 after purchasing an additional 700 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV boosted its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 12.8% during the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 7,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $211,000 after purchasing an additional 845 shares in the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 48,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,373,000 after purchasing an additional 882 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of Americold Realty Trust by 29.5% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,880 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,000 after purchasing an additional 883 shares in the last quarter. 98.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Americold Realty Trust

In other news, SVP Robert E. Harris sold 1,836 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.64, for a total transaction of $41,567.04. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 1,837 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $41,589.68. The trade was a 49.99 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

COLD has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Scotiabank decreased their target price on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $27.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Raymond James decreased their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $27.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $33.00 to $30.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $33.00 to $30.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on shares of Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $29.17.

Americold Realty Trust Trading Up 6.4 %

Shares of COLD stock opened at $22.37 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $21.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $24.83. Americold Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $20.41 and a twelve month high of $30.45. The company has a market capitalization of $6.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.15, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a current ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.27. Americold Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 10.63% and a negative return on equity of 8.08%. Research analysts forecast that Americold Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.37 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Americold Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Americold Realty Trust’s payout ratio is -87.13%.

Americold Realty Trust 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.