Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for COLD in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Sep 28 close
This week's move centers on JPMorgan's upgrade of Americold Realty Trust to Neutral from Underweight, with a price target of $16.00 per share, reflecting a revised outlook on the company. That upgrade followed a reported quarterly revenue of $662.89 million, which surpassed consensus estimates, alongside maintained fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $1.20 to $1.30. Bank of America Corp DE also disclosed a purchase of shares in Americold Realty Trust during this period.
COLD closed at $14.56, down 1.2%, sitting between its 50-day average of $14.66 and 200-day average of $13.64. The GekkoIndex reads 58.7, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Price sits 5.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.37. Over the past six months the stock has returned 33.1%, though the three-month return is negative 9.6% and the one-month return is negative 3.1%.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 5 November 2026, before the open, which falls outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged negative 3% across 5 years, rising in 2 of those years. Analyst consensus across 11 firms includes 3 buy, 7 hold and 1 sell ratings, with a consensus target of $16.38, implying 12.5% upside. One billionaire holder is noted among current positions, and no insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current window.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Americold Realty Trust scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
Averages disagree
Close $14.56 sits between the 50-day ($14.66) and 200-day ($13.64) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart58.7, Neutral
Reading 58.7 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex5.3% below
Price is 5.3% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 37 days
Next report Nov 5, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings−3.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −3% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Americold Realty Trust closed at $14.56 on Sep 28, 2026, +19.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $10.10 to $16.88.
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Americold Realty Trust owns and operates warehouses built for storing food at controlled cold temperatures. Its facilities serve as a bridge within the food supply chain, linking farms and processing plants to the distributors and stores that eventually offer goods to shoppers. The company is known for this role in keeping perishable goods moving through that chain.
Americold's holdings include 185 refrigerated warehouse facilities, which together provide over 1 billion cubic feet of cold storage space. These properties are located in several countries, among them the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Argentina, giving the company operations that extend well beyond a single region.
The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stock trades under the ticker COLD.
Americold Realty Trust’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58.7, in the Neutral zone, up 0.2 points over five sessions.
Up 0.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 64 | +0.1% | +3.5% | ||
| Accumulation | 258 | −0.1% | −2.2% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 270 | −0.5% | −1.3% | ||
| Distribution | 33 | −0.6% | −1.2% | ||
| Selling | 0 | Not available | |||
Average COLD share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Americold Realty Trust trades 5.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.37, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Americold Realty Trust shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$15.37
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
5.3% Undervalued
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Americold Realty Trust, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for COLD in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in COLD were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Americold Realty Trust has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds COLD.
Americold Realty Trust reports on Nov 5, 2026, before the open (37 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 1 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 5, 2026
Expected before the open, 37 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.35 est $0.30 | $662.9M est $613.5M | +6.6% |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.02 est $0.04 | $629.9M est $613.8M | +16.9% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | −$0.31 est $0.08 | $658.5M est $654.5M | +11.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | −$0.04 est $0.35 | $663.7M est $654.5M | −8.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.01 est $0.34 | $650.7M est $681.7M | −10.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.03 est $0.08 | $629.0M est $674.0M | −7.0% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.07 est $0.12 | $666.4M est $686.1M | +5.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | −$0.01 est $0.10 | $674.2M est $669.4M | −9.9% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Americold Realty Trust is $16.38, +12.5% from the last close, from 11 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | J.P. Morgan | $16 | +9.9% |
| Sep 21 | Evercore ISI | $18 | +23.6% |
| Sep 14 | Wells Fargo | — | — |
| Sep 1 | Wells Fargo | $15 | +3.0% |
| Aug 27 | Piper Sandler | $17 | +16.8% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Americold Realty Trust averaged −3.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.6% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −2.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −3.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −5.1% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, COLD’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.5%.
Americold Realty Trust’s market cap is $4.16B and revenue of $2.61B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Americold Realty Trust this week reads positive: 4 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Americold Realty Trust’s market cap is $4.16B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $14.56, with 285.5M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Americold Realty Trust is $16.38, +12.5% from the last close. Of the 11 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Americold Realty Trust is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $14.56 is 5.3% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.37. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Americold Realty Trust is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, before the market opens (37 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.02 per share on revenue of $629.7M. Americold Realty Trust beat the earnings estimate in 1 of its last 8 reports, moving 9.4% on average across the report.
Americold Realty Trust’s 52-week high is $16.88 and its 52-week low is $10.10; it closed at $14.56 on Sep 28, 2026, +19.6% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $33.90 on Sep 1, 2023.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value and earnings risk), 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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