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

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

Americold Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of COLD stock opened at $22.09 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $21.55 and its 200-day moving average price is $24.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 0.15 and a current ratio of 0.15. Americold Realty Trust has a one year low of $20.41 and a one year high of $30.45.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.27. Americold Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 3.54% and a negative return on equity of 2.70%. The company had revenue of $666.44 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $684.03 million. On average, research analysts forecast that Americold Realty Trust will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Americold Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Americold Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -258.82%.

Insider Activity at Americold Realty Trust

In other Americold Realty Trust news, SVP Robert E. Harris sold 1,836 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 1,837 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $41,589.68. This trade represents a 49.99 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

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.