Americold Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: COLD) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 0.30 compared to its previous closing price of 16.75. However, the company has seen a fall of -5.35% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-13 that Cold storage is a complex, capital-intensive real estate niche with strong long-term demand, but recent oversupply and market headwinds have pressured REIT valuations. COLD and LINE are the two largest cold storage REITs, with COLD offering a more traditional, conservative business model and LINE focusing on tech-driven, aggressive growth. Despite both facing industry challenges, COLD’s established portfolio, conservative expansion, and higher dividend yield make it more appealing compared to LINE’s premium valuation and riskier strategy.
Is It Worth Investing in Americold Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: COLD) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.85. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for COLD is 284.02M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.04% of that float. On June 18, 2025, the average trading volume of COLD was 3.03M shares.
COLD’s Market Performance
COLD’s stock has seen a -5.35% decrease for the week, with a -7.69% drop in the past month and a -24.12% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.56%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.77% for Americold Realty Trust Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.04% for COLD’s stock, with a -24.94% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of COLD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for COLD stocks, with BNP Paribas Exane repeating the rating for COLD by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for COLD in the upcoming period, according to BNP Paribas Exane is $18 based on the research report published on June 12, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Scotiabank, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COLD reach a price target of $20. The rating they have provided for COLD stocks is “Sector Perform” according to the report published on May 15th, 2025.
Barclays gave a rating of “Overweight” to COLD, setting the target price at $21 in the report published on April 09th of the current year.
COLD Trading at -7.39% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought COLD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -44.83% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at COLD starting from Chappelle George F. Jr., who purchase 110,000 shares at the price of $17.99 back on May 12 ’25. After this action, Chappelle George F. Jr. now owns 110,000 shares of Americold Realty Trust Inc, valued at $1,978,570 using the latest closing price.
Wells Jay, the EVP & CFO of Americold Realty Trust Inc, purchase 10,000 shares at $17.91 during a trade that took place back on May 12 ’25, which means that Wells Jay is holding 10,000 shares at $179,120 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COLD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.32 for the gross margin
The net margin for Americold Realty Trust Inc stands at -0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -3.56, with -1.54 for asset returns.
Based on Americold Realty Trust Inc (COLD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.55 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.1. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.24. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.76.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 392.96 million with net debt to EBITDA at 10.64. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.3. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.94for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.34. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.81.
Conclusion
To sum up, Americold Realty Trust Inc (COLD) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
