Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (COLD) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Real Estate · REIT - Industrial
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.12: Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.73; Below-average business quality.
Americold is a self-administered REIT operating a global network of 231 temperature-controlled warehouses encompassing approximately 1.4 billion cubic feet across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America as of December 31, 2025. Revenue comes from warehouse storage... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.12: Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.73; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA) and earnings proximity 6d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHPropertytemperature-controlled warehouses10-K Item 1A: 'Our investments in real estate assets are concentrated in the industrial real estate industry, specifically in temperature-controlled warehouses'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-01-26Item 5.02MEDIUMChristopher Papa appointed EVP and CFO effective February 23, 2026. Previously EVP and CFO of CenterPoint Properties (Aug 2020 to Jan 2026). Successor named; clean handoff. No reason cited for prior CFO departure.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -4.4%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.12: Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.73; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $11.29. Score 4.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $13.05 (+7.5% upside). Prior stop was $11.29. Stop-loss: $11.29.
Concentration risk — Property Type: temperature-controlled warehouses; Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0).
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 160.0). TrendMatrix value score: 6.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
21 analysts cover COLD with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $15.
What does Americold Realty Trust, Inc. do?Americold is a self-administered REIT operating a global network of 231 temperature-controlled warehouses encompassing...
Americold is a self-administered REIT operating a global network of 231 temperature-controlled warehouses encompassing approximately 1.4 billion cubic feet across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America as of December 31, 2025. Revenue comes from warehouse storage and handling fees, transportation services, and third-party managed services.