Head-To-Head Review: Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) versus Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC)

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.

Dividends

Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Healthpeak Properties pays out -2,440.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Americold Realty Trust pays out -418.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Americold Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthpeak Properties	$2.70 billion	4.43	$243.14 million	($0.05)	-344.40
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67 billion	1.33	-$94.31 million	($0.22)	-56.40

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Healthpeak Properties and Americold Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0	7	6	0	2.46
Americold Realty Trust	2	9	3	0	2.07

Healthpeak Properties currently has a consensus target price of $19.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $13.92, indicating a potential upside of 12.17%. Given Healthpeak Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Americold Realty Trust.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	-1.36%	-0.44%	-0.19%
Americold Realty Trust	-2.39%	-1.96%	-0.79%

Risk and Volatility

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Healthpeak Properties beats Americold Realty Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Healthpeak Properties

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) and S&P 500 company. Healthpeak owns, operates, and develops high-quality real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery.

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.