Financial Review: WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:WPTIF) and Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust and Americold Realty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Americold Realty Trust	$2.60 billion	1.59	-$114.55 million	($1.59)	-9.14

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Americold Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $15.46, suggesting a potential upside of 6.41%. Given Americold Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust.

Insider & Institutional 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Americold Realty Trust	-17.44%	-16.14%	-5.68%

Summary

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

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.

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.