Reviewing Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Nexus Industrial REIT (OTCMKTS:EFRTF)

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Nexus Industrial REIT (OTCMKTS:EFRTF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Americold Realty Trust and Nexus Industrial REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	3	9	4	0	2.06
Nexus Industrial REIT	0	2	0	0	2.00

Americold Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $15.63, suggesting a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Americold Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than Nexus Industrial REIT.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-17.44%	-16.14%	-5.68%
Nexus Industrial REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Americold Realty Trust and Nexus Industrial REIT”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	1.67	-$114.55 million	($1.59)	-9.58
Nexus Industrial REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.20)	-29.30

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

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Nexus Industrial REIT on 7 of the 11 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 Nexus Industrial REIT

Nexus Industrial REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust focused on increasing unitholder value through the acquisition of industrial properties located in primary and secondary markets in Canada, and the ownership and management of its portfolio of properties. The REIT currently owns a portfolio of 116 properties (including two properties held for development in which the REIT has an 80% interest) comprising approximately 12.4 million square feet of gross leasable area. The REIT has approximately 93,038,000 voting units issued and outstanding, including approximately 68,427,000 REIT Units and approximately 24,611,000 Class B LP Units of subsidiary limited partnerships of Nexus, which are convertible to REIT Units on a one-to-one basis.