Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) Head-To-Head Analysis

SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SL Green Realty and Americold Realty Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SL Green Realty	$910.38 million	3.69	$30.65 million	$0.01	4,713.00
Americold Realty Trust	$2.61 billion	1.18	-$94.31 million	($0.22)	-49.23

SL Green Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SL Green Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. SL Green Realty pays out 30,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Americold Realty Trust pays out -418.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Americold Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Americold Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Risk and Volatility

SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SL Green Realty	1	10	5	0	2.25
Americold Realty Trust	2	8	5	0	2.20

SL Green Realty presently has a consensus target price of $64.33, suggesting a potential upside of 36.50%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $16.31, suggesting a potential upside of 50.58%. Given Americold Realty Trust’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SL Green Realty	1.75%	-0.22%	-0.08%
Americold Realty Trust	-2.09%	-1.68%	-0.69%

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Americold Realty Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SL Green Realty

3SL Green Realty Corp., Manhattan’s largest office landlord, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is focused primarily on acquiring, managing and maximizing value of Manhattan commercial properties. As of June 30, 2022, SL Green held interests in 64 buildings totaling 34.4 million square feet. This included ownership interests in 26.3 million square feet of Manhattan buildings and 7.2 million square feet securing debt and preferred equity investments.

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.