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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.510-1.590 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.260. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. Raymond James cut their target price on Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $27.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Americold Realty Trust from $33.00 to $30.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Barclays cut their price objective on Americold Realty Trust from $28.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Scotiabank cut their price objective on Americold Realty Trust from $31.00 to $27.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $29.17.

Americold Realty Trust Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of NYSE COLD traded down $0.28 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $22.04. The stock had a trading volume of 936,315 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,755,840. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $21.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $24.83. The firm has a market cap of $6.27 billion, a P/E ratio of -21.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 0.61. Americold Realty Trust has a fifty-two week low of $20.41 and a fifty-two week high of $30.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 0.15 and a quick ratio of 0.15.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.27. The company had revenue of $666.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $684.03 million. Americold Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 8.08% and a negative net margin of 10.63%. Research analysts anticipate that Americold Realty Trust will post 1.37 EPS for the current year.

Americold Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.99%. Americold Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -87.13%.

Insider Activity at Americold Realty Trust

In related news, SVP Robert E. Harris sold 1,836 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.64, for a total value of $41,567.04. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 1,837 shares in the company, valued at approximately $41,589.68. This represents a 49.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.