Head-To-Head Contrast: Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) & SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG)

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -418.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty pays out 30,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Americold Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SL Green Realty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-2.09%	-1.68%	-0.69%
SL Green Realty	1.75%	-0.22%	-0.08%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust	$2.61 billion	1.18	-$94.31 million	($0.22)	-49.23
SL Green Realty	$910.38 million	3.69	$30.65 million	$0.01	4,713.00

SL Green Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SL Green Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Americold Realty Trust and SL Green Realty, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	2	8	5	0	2.20
SL Green Realty	1	10	5	0	2.25

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $16.31, indicating a potential upside of 50.58%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.50%. Given Americold Realty Trust’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Americold Realty Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 SL Green Realty

3SL Green Realty Corp., Manhattan’s largest office landlord, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is focused primarily on acquiring, managing and maximizing value of Manhattan commercial properties. As of June 30, 2022, SL Green held interests in 64 buildings totaling 34.4 million square feet. This included ownership interests in 26.3 million square feet of Manhattan buildings and 7.2 million square feet securing debt and preferred equity investments.