Reviewing Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV)

Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Modiv Industrial	16.35%	3.75%	1.55%
Americold Realty Trust	-17.44%	-16.14%	-5.68%

Risk and Volatility

Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Modiv Industrial and Americold Realty Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Modiv Industrial	0	6	0	0	2.00
Americold Realty Trust	3	9	4	0	2.06

Modiv Industrial presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $15.63, suggesting a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Americold Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Modiv Industrial.

Dividends

Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 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 6.0%. Modiv Industrial pays out 333.3% 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 -57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Modiv Industrial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Americold Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Modiv Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Modiv Industrial and Americold Realty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Modiv Industrial	$46.16 million	4.04	$1.07 million	$0.36	50.14
Americold Realty Trust	$2.60 billion	1.67	-$114.55 million	($1.59)	-9.58

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

Summary

Modiv Industrial beats Americold Realty Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Modiv Industrial

Modiv Industrial, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that is focused on single-tenant net-lease industrial manufacturing real estate. The Company actively acquires critical industrial manufacturing properties with long-term leases to tenants that fuel the national economy and strengthen the nation's supply chains.

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.