Contrasting Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) & WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:WPTIF)

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:WPTIF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Americold Realty Trust and WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	4	8	4	0	2.00
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Americold Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Americold Realty Trust and WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust	$2.60 billion	1.54	-$114.55 million	($0.39)	-35.91
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Americold Realty Trust and WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-4.29%	-3.73%	-1.38%
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust

WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust engages in the acquisition, development, and owning industrial investment properties. It focuses on the warehouse and distribution properties. The company was founded on March 4, 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.