Head to Head Review: Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) vs. Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE)

Lineage (NASDAQ:LINE) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%
Americold Realty Trust	-3.54%	-2.70%	-1.21%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Lineage and Americold Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lineage	0	7	10	1	2.67
Americold Realty Trust	0	3	9	0	2.75

Lineage currently has a consensus price target of $82.41, indicating a potential upside of 38.05%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.51%. Given Lineage’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lineage is more favorable than Americold Realty Trust.

Dividends

Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -258.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lineage 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
Lineage	$5.33 billion	2.56	-$77.40 million	N/A	N/A
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67 billion	2.46	-$336.21 million	($0.34)	-67.81

Lineage has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lineage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

About Lineage

Lineage, Inc. is the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT with a network of over 480 strategically located facilities totaling over 84.1 million square feet and 3.0 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste, and, most importantly, feed the world.

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.