Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD – Get Rating) and Dexus (OTCMKTS:DEXSF – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
99.0% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Americold Realty Trust and Dexus, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Americold Realty Trust | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Dexus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Americold Realty Trust and Dexus' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Americold Realty Trust | -1.04% | -0.77% | -0.37% |
| Dexus | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Americold Realty Trust and Dexus' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Americold Realty Trust | $2.71 billion | 3.04 | -$30.45 million | ($0.11) | -278.27 |
| Dexus | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dexus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust.
Summary
Americold Realty Trust beats Dexus on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Americold Realty Trust
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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 Dexus
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Dexus is one of Australia's leading real estate groups, proudly managing a high-quality Australian property portfolio valued at $44.3 billion. We believe that the strength and quality of our relationships will always be central to our success and are deeply committed to working with our customers to provide spaces that engage and inspire. We invest only in Australia, and directly own $16.5 billion of office and industrial properties. We manage a further $15.6 billion of office, retail, industrial and healthcare properties for third party clients. The group's $11.4 billion development pipeline provides the opportunity to grow both portfolios and enhance future returns. With 1.6 million square metres of office workspace across 51 properties, we are Australia's preferred office partner. Dexus is a Top 50 entity by market capitalisation listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (trading code: DXS) and is supported by more than 29,000 investors from 24 countries. With 36 years of expertise in property investment, development and asset management, we have a proven track record in capital and risk management, providing service excellence to tenants and delivering superior risk adjusted returns for investors.
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