COLD Real Estate

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

$14.56-0.27%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 8, 2026

Basics

Sector: Real Estate
Industry: REIT - Industrial
Country: United States
Market cap: 4.2B USD
Enterprise value: 8.8B USD
Full-time employees: 12,690

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.36 vs a peer median of 1.20) and more debt relative to equity (1.89× vs a peer median of 0.80×)higher risk: less liquidity (current ratio 0.36 vs peers 1.20) and more debt vs equity (1.89× vs peers 0.80×)

Ranks #604 of 632 real estate companies (bottom 5%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Paying shareholders without free cash flow. Paid out $756M over the 3 fiscal years to 2025 with -$13M of free cash flow.
Americold Realty Trust returned $756M in buybacks and dividends over three fiscal years while its free cash flow totalled -$13M. The money came from its cash pile or from borrowing.
Investment surge. Capital spending 22% of revenue, up from 11% in 2022.
Americold Realty Trust is spending 22% of revenue on facilities and equipment, up from 11% in 2022. That weighs on free cash flow today; whether it pays off depends on the returns those investments earn.
Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.
Americold Realty Trust's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 64% of peers on operating cash profit (EBITDA), but only 0% on earnings.Cheaper than 64% of peers on operating cash profit, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its operating cash profit (EBITDA), Americold Realty Trust looks cheaper than 64% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.Relative to its operating cash profit, Americold Realty Trust looks cheaper than 64% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

StockQuotient Score

18/ 100▲ 1 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 17 → Nov 4 18 (+1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

29/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-11.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.10Sector median: 0.0535 · MAD: 0.0484

EBITDA yield6.2%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.43Sector median: 0.0536 · MAD: 0.0204

Free cash flow yield-4.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score -1.46Sector median: 0.0650 · MAD: 0.0444

Other data (not scored)

Book yield58.1%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 1.1277 · MAD: 0.5490

Growth

Is it growing?

28/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth
▼ 3-yr revenue
▼ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

The loss per share widened33% base weight · Z-score -1.31Sector median: 0.1117 · MAD: 0.3101

3-year revenue growth-2.3%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.82Sector median: 0.0378 · MAD: 0.0744

Revenue growth-0.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.34Sector median: 0.0297 · MAD: 0.0927

Profitability

Does it earn well?

2/100

Weak▲ 1 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▼ Weaker

Operating margin fell 12.4 points to -12.5%

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 1 → 2

Peer companies moved+1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ ROIC
▼ Operating margin

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-12.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.74Sector median: 0.2683 · MAD: 0.2257

Return on assets-5.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.97Sector median: 0.0211 · MAD: 0.0134

Return on invested capital-10.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -6.61Sector median: 0.0341 · MAD: 0.0197

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin31.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5380 · MAD: 0.2259

Return on equity-18.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0521 · MAD: 0.0465

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Debt / equity
▼ Current ratio
▼ Beta

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.94

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.58Sector median: 0.7490 · MAD: 0.3270

Current ratio0.36×

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of dateReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.16Sector median: 1.1950 · MAD: 0.7210

Debt / equity1.89×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.78Sector median: 0.8040 · MAD: 0.3893

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Americold Realty Trust

Is Americold Realty Trust getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) got weaker in some ways: operating margin fell 12.4 points to -12.5%. Its overall score is 18/100, up 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Americold Realty Trust valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 29/100 against 762 real estate peers. EBITDA yield 6.2% vs a peer median of 5.4% (stronger than 64% of peers).EBITDA yield 6.2% vs peers 5.4% (stronger than 64% of peers). Earnings yield -11.0% vs a peer median of 5.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -11.0% vs peers 5.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Americold Realty Trust growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 28/100 against 762 real estate peers. 3-year revenue growth -2.3% vs a peer median of 3.8% (weaker than 72% of peers).3-year revenue growth -2.3% vs peers 3.8% (weaker than 72% of peers).
How profitable is Americold Realty Trust?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 2/100 against 762 real estate peers. Return on assets -5.8% vs a peer median of 2.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -5.8% vs peers 2.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Americold Realty Trust?: Higher risk relative to 762 real estate peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity 1.89× vs a peer median of 0.80× (weaker than 86% of peers).Debt / equity 1.89× vs peers 0.80× (weaker than 86% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 6, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Got weaker

Operating margin fell 12.4 points to -12.5%

Worth watching: Americold Realty Trust is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	2.6B USD	2.6B USD	+0.5%
Net income (12 months)	−112.5M USD	−456.8M USD	+306.2%
Operating margin	-0.0%	-12.5%	−12.4 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	−205.0M USD	−187.9M USD	−8.3%
Cash	39.8M USD	40.5M USD	+1.6%
Shares outstanding	285.3M	285.5M	+0.1%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Real Estate · 124 companies

Valuations in Real Estate are within their usual range since 2016.

30% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +4% and earnings +25% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-sales is +112% vs the whole market, against a usual +154%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Real Estate: too few REIT - Industrial companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	—	23.9%	28.8%	31.8%	32.3%	▲ 0.5 pts
Operating margin	2.7%	3.0%	-4.1%	4.7%	0.3%	▼ 4.4 pts
Net margin	-1.1%	-0.7%	-12.6%	-3.5%	-4.4%	▼ 0.9 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-0.4%	-0.2%	-4.3%	-1.2%	-1.4%	▼ 0.2 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-0.8%	-0.5%	-9.3%	-2.9%	-4.0%	▼ 1.1 pts
Free cash flow margin	-6.1%	-0.3%	3.8%	3.8%	-8.3%	▼ 12 pts
Debt to equity	—	—	—	—	—	—
Interest coverage	0.74×	0.76×	-0.77×	0.92×	0.05×	▼ 95%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: less short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.36 vs a peer median of 1.20) and more debt relative to equity (1.89× vs a peer median of 0.80×)higher risk: less liquidity (current ratio 0.36 vs peers 1.20) and more debt vs equity (1.89× vs peers 0.80×)

Ranks #604 of 632 real estate companies (bottom 5%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Paying shareholders without free cash flow. Paid out $756M over the 3 fiscal years to 2025 with -$13M of free cash flow.

Americold Realty Trust returned $756M in buybacks and dividends over three fiscal years while its free cash flow totalled -$13M. The money came from its cash pile or from borrowing.

Investment surge. Capital spending 22% of revenue, up from 11% in 2022.

Americold Realty Trust is spending 22% of revenue on facilities and equipment, up from 11% in 2022. That weighs on free cash flow today; whether it pays off depends on the returns those investments earn.

Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.

Americold Realty Trust's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 64% of peers on operating cash profit (EBITDA), but only 0% on earnings.Cheaper than 64% of peers on operating cash profit, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its operating cash profit (EBITDA), Americold Realty Trust looks cheaper than 64% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.Relative to its operating cash profit, Americold Realty Trust looks cheaper than 64% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Questions investors ask about Americold Realty Trust

Is Americold Realty Trust getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) got weaker in some ways: operating margin fell 12.4 points to -12.5%. Its overall score is 18/100, up 1 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Americold Realty Trust valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 29/100 against 762 real estate peers. EBITDA yield 6.2% vs a peer median of 5.4% (stronger than 64% of peers).EBITDA yield 6.2% vs peers 5.4% (stronger than 64% of peers). Earnings yield -11.0% vs a peer median of 5.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -11.0% vs peers 5.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Americold Realty Trust growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 28/100 against 762 real estate peers. 3-year revenue growth -2.3% vs a peer median of 3.8% (weaker than 72% of peers).3-year revenue growth -2.3% vs peers 3.8% (weaker than 72% of peers).

How profitable is Americold Realty Trust?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 2/100 against 762 real estate peers. Return on assets -5.8% vs a peer median of 2.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -5.8% vs peers 2.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Americold Realty Trust?

Higher risk relative to 762 real estate peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity 1.89× vs a peer median of 0.80× (weaker than 86% of peers).Debt / equity 1.89× vs peers 0.80× (weaker than 86% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

2.6B USD

2.6B USD

+0.5%

Net income (12 months)

−112.5M USD

−456.8M USD

+306.2%

Operating margin

-0.0%

-12.5%

−12.4 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

−205.0M USD

−187.9M USD

−8.3%

Cash

39.8M USD

40.5M USD

+1.6%

Shares outstanding

285.3M

285.5M

+0.1%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

—

23.9%

28.8%

31.8%

32.3%

▲ 0.5 pts

Operating margin

2.7%

3.0%

-4.1%

4.7%

0.3%

▼ 4.4 pts

Net margin

-1.1%

-0.7%

-12.6%

-3.5%

-4.4%

▼ 0.9 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-0.4%

-0.2%

-4.3%

-1.2%

-1.4%

▼ 0.2 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-0.8%

-0.5%

-9.3%

-2.9%

-4.0%

▼ 1.1 pts

Free cash flow margin

-6.1%

-0.3%

3.8%

-8.3%

▼ 12 pts

Debt to equity

—

Interest coverage

0.74×

0.76×

-0.77×

0.92×

0.05×

▼ 95%