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

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

Institutional & Insider 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nexus Industrial REIT and Americold Realty Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nexus Industrial REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.20)	-29.30
Americold Realty Trust	$2.60 billion	1.67	-$114.55 million	($1.59)	-9.58

Nexus Industrial REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Analyst Ratings

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

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

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 Nexus Industrial REIT.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

Americold Realty Trust beats Nexus Industrial REIT on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.