Head-To-Head Contrast: Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) versus Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC)

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Americold Realty Trust and Healthpeak Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americold Realty Trust	2	9	3	0	2.07
Healthpeak Properties	0	7	6	0	2.46

Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.92, indicating a potential upside of 11.61%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus target price of $19.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.24%. Given Healthpeak Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Americold Realty Trust.

Dividends

Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -418.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthpeak Properties pays out -2,440.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 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 longer track record of dividend growth.

Profitability

This table compares Americold Realty Trust and Healthpeak Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americold Realty Trust	-2.39%	-1.96%	-0.79%
Healthpeak Properties	-1.36%	-0.44%	-0.19%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americold Realty Trust	$2.67 billion	1.33	-$94.31 million	($0.22)	-56.68
Healthpeak Properties	$2.70 billion	4.43	$243.14 million	($0.05)	-344.30

Healthpeak Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Healthpeak Properties 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Healthpeak Properties beats Americold Realty Trust on 12 of the 16 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 Healthpeak Properties

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) and S&P 500 company. Healthpeak owns, operates, and develops high-quality real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery.