Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$14.56−0.18 (−1.2%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

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 price vs fair value

$15.37$14.56Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $14.56200-day averageGekko Fair Value $15.37

Americold Realty Trust quick facts

Market cap
$4.16B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
119.1
EPS, TTM
−$1.59
Revenue, TTM
$2.61B
Profit margin
-17.4%
Dividend yield
6.40%
Beta
1.00
Volume
4.08M avg 3.74M
1-year return
+19.6%
Typical daily move
±3.7%
Typical 20-day move
±6.5%
50-day average
$14.66
200-day average
$13.64
Next earnings
Nov 5 before open
Shares outstanding
285.5M
52-week range
$10.10$16.88

Americold Realty Trust swing-trade checklist

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

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $14.56 sits between the 50-day ($14.66) and 200-day ($13.64) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    58.7, Neutral

    Reading 58.7 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    5.3% below

    Price is 5.3% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 37 days

    Next report Nov 5, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalityheadwind

    −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.

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Americold Realty Trust stock chart and price history

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.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Americold Realty Trust share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$10$12$16$18NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep14.56

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−3.1%
3 months
−9.6%
6 months
+33.1%
1 year
+19.6%
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About Americold Realty Trust

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.

Sector
Finance
Website
americold.com

Americold Realty Trust GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

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.

010058.7Neutral

Up 0.2 points over five sessions.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying64+0.1%+1.5%+3.5%+3.6%
Accumulation258−0.1%−1.0%−2.2%−4.8%
Neutral (current zone)270−0.5%−0.7%−1.3%−3.4%
Distribution33−0.6%−0.3%−1.2%−0.9%
Selling0Not 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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Is Americold Realty Trust stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

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

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Americold Realty Trust insider and Congress trading

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.

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.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in COLD were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Americold Realty Trust has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2024
$467K
As a share of market cap
0.01%

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds COLD.

0added0opened1trimmed1sold out
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Americold Realty Trust earnings: next date and track record

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.

1 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±9.4%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−9.9%Nov ’24+5.1%Feb ’25−7.0%May ’25−10.3%Aug ’25−8.0%Nov ’25+11.7%Feb ’26+16.9%May ’26+6.6%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Americold reported Q2 2026 AFFO per share of $0.35, beating expectations and marking the fourth consecutive quarter meeting or exceeding analyst consensus. Physical occupancy increased 200+ basis points sequentially and nearly 300 basis points year-over-year, with economic occupancy also up year-over-year. Storage and handling pricing increased year-over-year. The company is gaining market share as smaller competitors exit the industry.
Guidance
Management expects a return to more normalized seasonal trends throughout the year, supported by stabilizing industry conditions and new business wins from prior year. The physical-to-economic occupancy gap narrowed 240 basis points, suggesting improving fundamentals ahead.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 6, 2026$0.35
est $0.30
+16.7%$662.9M
est $613.5M
+8.0%+6.6%
May 7, 2026$0.02
est $0.04
−50.0%$629.9M
est $613.8M
+2.6%+16.9%
Feb 19, 2026−$0.31
est $0.08
−488.2%$658.5M
est $654.5M
+0.6%+11.7%
Nov 6, 2025−$0.04
est $0.35
−111.4%$663.7M
est $654.5M
+1.4%−8.0%
Aug 7, 2025$0.01
est $0.34
−97.1%$650.7M
est $681.7M
−4.5%−10.3%
May 8, 2025$0.03
est $0.08
−62.5%$629.0M
est $674.0M
−6.7%−7.0%
Feb 20, 2025$0.07
est $0.12
−41.9%$666.4M
est $686.1M
−2.9%+5.1%
Nov 7, 2024−$0.01
est $0.10
−110.0%$674.2M
est $669.4M
+0.7%−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.

Americold Realty Trust stock forecast and analyst price targets

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.

$16.38consensus 12-month target, +12.5% from the last close
Low $13High $18
Buy3
Hold7
Sell1

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 24J.P. MorganHold, upgraded$16+9.9%
Sep 21Evercore ISIBuy, maintained$18+23.6%
Sep 14Wells FargoHold, maintained——
Sep 1Wells FargoHold, maintained$15+3.0%
Aug 27Piper SandlerHold, maintained$17+16.8%
−1.3%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
−3.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Americold Realty Trust seasonality: the next 20 trading days

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.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+0.8%2021−3.0%2022−16.7%2023−7.6%2024+12.7%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears 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 market cap and key statistics

Americold Realty Trust’s market cap is $4.16B and revenue of $2.61B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$4.16B
Forward P/E
119.1
EPS, TTM
−$1.59
Gekko Fair Value
$15.37

Trading

Volume
4.08M
Avg volume, 20 days
3.74M
52-week high
$16.88
52-week low
$10.10
Shares outstanding
285.5M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$2.61B
Profit margin
-17.4%
Return on equity
-16.5%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−66.7%

Risk and income

Beta
1.00
Typical daily move
±3.7%
Typical 20-day move
±6.5%
Dividend yield
6.40%

Americold Realty Trust stock news this week

Coverage of Americold Realty Trust this week reads positive: 4 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

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Americold Realty Trust stock FAQ

What is Americold Realty Trust’s market cap?

Americold Realty Trust’s market cap is $4.16B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $14.56, with 285.5M shares outstanding.

What is the Americold Realty Trust stock forecast?

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.

Is Americold Realty Trust stock overvalued or undervalued?

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.

When does Americold Realty Trust report earnings next?

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.

What is Americold Realty Trust’s 52-week high and low?

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.

Is Americold Realty Trust stock a buy right now?

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.

How this page works

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