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Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

$COLD·$4.2B·REIT - Industrial·Real Estate
$14.54-0.1%YTD+12.6%1Y+16.6%
Price updated 8m ago·X counts updated 2d ago
COCOLD
$COLDAmericold Realty Trust, Inc.
$14.54-0.14%94 posts1×
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On X

The complete picture of $COLD on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

94X posts · last 7 days
Sep 11Sep 27
Chatter Meter
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How loud $COLD's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 74% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-14

The $COLD cashtag is a BNB-chain memecoin paired with $BREW ('cold brew') on the Brew launchpad, not Americold — a coordinated 'best-launch' meme push with team hints that Brew will lead BNB tokenized-LP action. Uniformly bullish inside a crypto community; no visible equity content.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $COLD — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-09-29

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Americold up 13% YTD with a fresh EQT joint venture — cold-storage cycle turning but a huge Q2 miss shows unit economics still healing.

Americold Realty Trust is the cold-storage REIT that has been mid-cycle-recovery since the post-COVID normalization. A new joint venture with EQT closed, but the Q2 print showed the recovery is uneven.

  • The Q2 was a real miss: EPS -$1.19 versus -$0.0006 consensus (a huge miss on a small base) on $663M revenue up 1.9% year-on-year — the miss reflects impairment-and-restructuring noise, and Q1 was also a -118% miss, showing the operating trajectory hasn't fully stabilised.
  • The EQT joint venture is a real strategic move: closed 8-31 creating Americold-EQT Cold Storage Partnership LLC — bringing a private-infrastructure capital partner into cold storage validates the asset class and provides fresh dry powder for consolidation.
  • The Amended and Restated Executive Severance Benefits Plan (increasing EVP/President cash severance multiples from 1.5x to 2x) is governance-transition preparation — combined with a fresh officer/director change (Item 5.02 on 9-10), management transitions are stacking.

The 11-5 print is where either a first clean quarter plus EQT-JV synergy commentary breaks the stall or another miss confirms the cycle-recovery story is stuck. Watch same-store NOI, EQT-JV first-quarter contribution, and any 2027 guidance.

What to watch: 11-5 earnings — same-store NOI, EQT-JV first-quarter contribution, and 2027 guidance. A clean beat plus EQT synergy commentary breaks the stall; another miss keeps this stuck.

On the calendar: 2026-11-05 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

World's largest publicly traded REIT focused on temperature-controlled warehousing and cold chain logistics for food producers and retailers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where REIT - Industrial sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $COLD.

REIT - Industrial · Real Estate

E-commerce fulfillment demand and reshoring of manufacturing supply chains are sustaining industrial REIT demand at record occupancy levels, with last-mile logistics near major metros commanding 15–20% rent premiums over prior leases. Data center conversion opportunities from obsolete industrial assets are adding a value creation narrative alongside core logistics rent growth.

What this means for $COLD

Partial — World's largest publicly traded REIT focused on temperature-controlled warehousing and cold chain logistics for food producers and retailers.

Top industry ETF

$XLREReal Estate Select Sector SPDR
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-9.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-3.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-8.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-1.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-16.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-15.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.9Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$-1.19$-0.00-212400.0%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$-0.05$0.27-118.5%
Q4 2025Feb 19, 2026$-0.31$0.08-488.2%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.04$0.35-111.4%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $-0.02

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$662.9M+1.9%-43.4%-43.4%$-1.19$0
Q1 FY26$629.9M+0.1%31.0%5.2%$-0.05$0
Q4 FY25$658.5M-1.2%-78.6%3.4%$-0.31$-12.2M
Q3 FY25$663.7M-1.6%30.9%2.5%$-0.04$-65.4M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.5B$2.5B – $2.6B-$1.22-$1.23 – -$1.215
FY27$2.5B$2.5B – $2.6B$0.10$0.09 – $0.105
FY28$2.7B$2.4B – $2.9B$0.20-$0.51 – $1.045
FY29$2.9B$2.7B – $3.0B$0.29$0.27 – $0.312
FY30$3.0B$2.9B – $3.2B$0.36$0.34 – $0.382

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.66%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+6.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 284.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.005-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 2Robert E. HarrisSVP & Chief Accounting Oficer442 sh$7K
+ 12 other (8 awards · 4 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDSep 98-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust (COLD) posted an investor presentation on its website for upcoming investor meetings. The Regulation FD filing ensures simultaneous public disclosure of material information shared at non-public meetings. No specific new guidance or transactions are disclosed.

8-KAcquisition completedAug 318-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.01: Acquisition completed · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust, Inc. closed its joint venture transaction with EQT's Active Core Infrastructure fund on August 31, 2026, creating Americold-EQT Cold Storage Partnership, LLC to own, operate, and potentially develop high-quality North American cold storage warehouse facilities. The original Contribution Agreement was signed May 7, 2026 and involved Americold subsidiaries contributing multiple temperature-controlled facilities; EQT provided capital as the financial partner. A major portfolio recapitalization for the world's largest temperature-controlled REIT: the EQT JV provides balance sheet capacity and growth capital while Americold retains operational control.

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 318-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust adopted its Amended and Restated Executive Severance Benefits Plan on August 25, 2026, increasing EVP/President-level cash severance multiples from 1.5x to 2.0x (salary plus target bonus) and extending COBRA health coverage from 18 to 30 months for the CEO and from 12 to 24 months for EVPs/Presidents upon qualifying terminations such as no-cause termination or good-reason resignation. Enhanced severance protections implemented the same week as the EQT JV closing; the timing suggests Americold is reinforcing executive retention through its portfolio restructuring process.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationAug 6S-3ASR
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust, Inc. and its operating partnership Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. filed a new automatic shelf registration (S-3ASR) on August 6, 2026, registering multiple classes of securities for issuance on a delayed or continuous basis. No specific offering size or security type is designated. As a large accelerated filer, the S-3ASR is effective upon filing. Routine shelf refresh, filed on the same day as COLD's Q2 earnings release; actual capital transactions would be disclosed via subsequent prospectus supplements.

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 68-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust, Inc. released Q2 2026 financial results for the period ended June 30, 2026 on August 6, 2026, together with supplemental financial information furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2. The company also published an investor presentation with supplemental financial and operational data on its website under Item 7.01. No headline figures appear in the filing excerpt. Routine quarterly earnings plus IR materials disclosure for the large cold-storage REIT; investor focus will be on same-store NOI growth and occupancy trends.

8-KMaterial impairmentJul 238-K — Item 2.06: Material impairment · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust Inc entered into a Termination and Wind Down Agreement with ADUSA Distribution LLC (an Ahold Delhaize USA subsidiary) on July 21, 2026, to wind down operations at Americold's purpose-built automated retail distribution center in Lancaster, PA by December 31, 2026 (with up to a six-month extension option) and to cancel plans to commence operations at a purpose-built automated retail fulfillment center in Plainville, CT. Both facilities were exclusively developed for ADUSA Distribution. Item 2.06 signals a material impairment charge. This is a material negative event for Americold — losing both purpose-built customer facilities triggers significant write-downs and removes a meaningful revenue stream, representing a setback to the company's strategic automation initiative.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 248-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

Americold Realty Trust (COLD) entered into an Amended and Restated Syndicated Facility Agreement on June 23, 2026, with Bank of America as administrative agent, expanding and extending its senior credit facility. The amended facility includes a $1.15 billion revolving credit facility and a multi-tranche term loan consisting of a $375 million term A-1 loan, a CAD$350 million term A-2 loan (increased by CAD$100 million), a new AUD$230 million term loan, a $270 million delayed draw term loan, and a $250 million 2025 delayed draw term loan. The revolving credit facility and certain term loan tranches received extended maturity dates. Americold is the world's largest publicly traded REIT focused on temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics infrastructure.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 18-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 20 other (5 13Gs · 5 8-Ks · 3 PX14A6Gs · 2 10-Qs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

3 Industrial REIT Stocks to Buy Despite the Fed's Hawkish Movezacks.com·12d agoAre Investors Undervaluing Americold Realty Trust (COLD) Right Now?zacks.com·12d agoAmericold Realty Trust: This 6.5% REIT Is A Holdseekingalpha.com·21d agoAmericold: The Cold Storage Downturn Could Be Nearing Its Endseekingalpha.com·21d agoMy REIT Dream Team (Part 2)seekingalpha.com·24d ago

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