COLD Stock Analysis: Americold Realty Trust | NYSE
REIT - Industrial | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 4.621m USD | 12M Return: 3.8% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 67.8M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -88.9%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 8.4 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) is a global temperature-controlled logistics and real estate company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally incorporated in Maryland in 1903, the company went public in January 2018 and is classified within the Industrial REITs sub-industry of the Real Estate sector.
The company operates 230 cold storage facilities spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America, with roughly 1.4 billion refrigerated cubic feet of capacity. Its customer base includes producers, processors, distributors, and retailers across the food supply chain, making Americold a key link in the global cold chain that moves perishable goods from origin to consumer.
As an Industrial REIT, Americold generates revenue primarily through long-term storage and warehouse services, supplemented by transportation and value-added handling solutions. Industrial REITs such as COLD typically lease specialized infrastructure to operational customers and are required to distribute the majority of their taxable income as dividends. Cold storage facilities are capital- and energy-intensive assets, given the refrigeration systems needed to maintain precise temperature ranges, which can create both high barriers to entry and elevated operating costs relative to conventional warehousing.
- Global cold storage demand rises with frozen food consumption
- Occupancy and rental rates pressured by new capacity additions
- Interest rate cuts support REIT valuation expansion
| Net Income: -111.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -0.62 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -29.33% < 20% (prev -24.20%; Δ -5.13% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 369.3m > Net Income -111.7m |
| Net Debt (4.89b) to EBITDA (381.2m): 12.82 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.35 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (285.3m) vs 12m ago -0.02% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 3.62% > 18% (prev 32.00%; Δ -28.37% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 32.72% > 50% (prev 33.62%; Δ -0.90% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.07 > 6 (EBIT TTM 11.2m / Interest Expense TTM 160.7m) |
| A: -0.09 (Total Current Assets 412.0m - Total Current Liabilities 1.18b) / Total Assets 8.08b |
| B: -0.35 (Retained Earnings -2.80b / Total Assets 8.08b) |
| C: 0.00 (EBIT TTM 11.2m / Avg Total Assets 7.95b) |
| D: 0.54 (Book Value of Equity 2.82b / Total Liabilities 5.22b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -1.17 = CCC |
| DSRI: 0.99 (Receivables 372.1m/379.0m, Revenue 2.60b/2.63b) |
| GMI: 8.83 (GM 32.00% / 3.62%) |
| AQI: 0.95 (AQ_t 0.24 / AQ_t-1 0.25) |
| SGI: 0.99 (Revenue 2.60b / 2.63b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI -111.7m - CFO 369.3m) / TA 8.08b) |
| Beneish M = 4.02 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of July 11, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 15.72 with a total of 2,212,757 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.87%, over one month by +7.10%, over three months by +32.79% and over the past year by +3.75%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 15.00 (which is 4.6% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Americold Realty Trust has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.27. Therefore, it is recommended to buy COLD.
- StrongBuy: 7
- Buy: 5
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 15.8 | 0.6% |
P/E Forward = 119.0476
P/S = 1.7763
P/B = 1.6432
P/EG = 5.8386
Revenue TTM = 2.60b USD
EBIT TTM = 11.2m USD
EBITDA TTM = 381.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 3.58b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 606.2m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 4.93b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 372.6m
Net Debt = 4.89b USD (calculated: Debt 4.93b - CCE 39.8m)
Enterprise Value = 9.51b USD (4.62b + Debt 4.93b - CCE 39.8m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.07 (Ebit TTM 11.2m / Interest Expense TTM 160.7m)
EV/FCF = -206.7x (Enterprise Value 9.51b / FCF TTM -46.0m)
FCF Yield = -0.48% (FCF TTM -46.0m / Enterprise Value 9.51b)
FCF Margin = -1.77% (FCF TTM -46.0m / Revenue TTM 2.60b)
Net Margin = -4.29% (Net Income TTM -111.7m / Revenue TTM 2.60b)
Gross Margin = 3.62% ((Revenue TTM 2.60b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.51b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 31.04% (prev -78.65%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.18 (Enterprise Value 9.51b / Total Assets 8.08b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.26% (Interest Expense 160.7m / Debt 4.93b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 8.81m (EBIT 11.2m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.35 (Total Current Assets 412.0m / Total Current Liabilities 1.18b)
Debt / Equity = 1.75 (Debt 4.93b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.82b)
Debt / EBITDA = 12.82 (Net Debt 4.89b / EBITDA 381.2m)
Debt / FCF = -106.2 (out of range, set to none) (Net Debt 4.89b / FCF TTM -46.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.96b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -1.40% (Net Income -111.7m / Total Assets 8.08b)
RoE = -3.77% (Net Income TTM -111.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.96b)
RoCE = 0.17% (EBIT 11.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.96b + L.T.Debt 3.58b))
RoIC = 0.12% (NOPAT 8.81m / Invested Capital 7.47b)
WACC = 4.85% (E(4.62b)/V(9.55b) * Re(7.27%) + D(4.93b)/V(9.55b) * Rd(3.26%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 7.27% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 73.33 | Cagr: 0.16%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -46.0m)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.27 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -88.91 | Revenue CAGR: -2.09% | SUE: 1.82 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.03 | Chg30d=-57.14% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.05 | Chg30d=-37.50% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.29 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+40.2% | GrowthRev=-4.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.03 | Chg30d=-66.67% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+108.6% | GrowthRev=+1.4%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -50% (up=0, down=3)