COLD vs LINE vs TRN Stock Comparison

Americold Realty Trust, Lineage and Trinity Industries Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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COLD Americold Realty Trust
$14.60 +4.5% 1M +13.3% 1Y
Market cap
$4.17B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.61B
Div. yield
6.30%
Industrial REITs Real Estate
2 wins
LINE Lineage, Inc.
$37.02 +7.8% 1M -6.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.44B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.37B
Div. yield
5.72%
Industrial REITs Real Estate
4 wins
TRN Trinity Industries Inc
$30.49 +16.7% 1M +11.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.38B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.12B
Div. yield
4.07%
Rail Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Lineage leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Lineage 4, Trinity Industries 4, Americold Realty Trust 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOLDLINETRNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.17B $8.44B $2.38B LINE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.2x -49.9x 7.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 14.7x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.2% +1.0% -2.4% LINE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -17.4% -3.1% 15.4% TRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -4.6% — 8.5% TRN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 67.3x 5.5x 5.0x TRN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 6.30% 5.72% 4.07% COLD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.3% -6.0% +11.4% COLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.6%/yr — +0.9%/yr TRN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.5% 36.6% 37.1% LINE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 23/100 64/100 61/100 LINE

Percentile Scorecard

COLDLINETRN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOLDLINETRN
Valuation 22 #113 of 145 83 #25 of 145 78 #45 of 203
Growth 4 #138 of 144 76 #35 of 144 74 #50 of 189
Profitability 14 #120 of 140 26 #104 of 140 64 #68 of 187
Financial Health 12 #129 of 146 56 #65 of 146 4 #213 of 221
Shareholder Returns 63 #50 of 132 77 #31 of 132 83 #27 of 152
Overall 23 64 61
  • COLD ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • LINE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • TRN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOLDLINETRNSPY
1 month +4.5%+7.8%+16.7% -2.3%
3 months +3.4%-11.6%-2.7% -0.7%
6 months +22.6%+4.9%-12.0% +4.8%
Year to date +13.5%+5.8%+15.3% +10.3%
1 year +13.3%-6.0%+11.4% +10.3%
3 years -45.5%—+27.0% +73.0%
3 years, per year -18.3%—+8.3% +20.1%
5 years -51.8%—+4.6% +61.9%
5 years, per year -13.6%—+0.9% +10.1%
10 years ——+101.5% +258.6%
10 years, per year ——+7.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCOLDLINETRNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.5%36.6%37.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.8%33.4%35.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.990.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.30-0.160.31 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.0%-64.1%-43.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.2%-17.9%-20.0% -3.5%
52-week high $16.25$45.10$38.09 $779.14
52-week low $10.12$31.80$24.82 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOLDLINETRN
P/E now vs peer median -9.2xmedian 26.3x -49.9xmedian 26.3x 7.4xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 4.2x 1.6xmedian 4.2x 1.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 134.0xmedian 14.4x 13.0xmedian 14.4x 7.3xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -22.2xmedian 23.9x 34.6xmedian 23.9x -9.2xmedian 22.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.3x 1.0xmedian 1.3x 2.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 1.98 —median 1.98 0.11median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOLDLINETRN
Revenue $2.61B $5.37B $2.12B
Gross profit $830.08M $1.72B $521.30M
Operating income -$326.12M $192.00M $731.90M
Net income -$460.51M -$189.00M $334.90M
Free cash flow -$187.93M $244.00M -$259.60M
EPS (diluted) $-1.59 $-0.74 $4.03
Cash & equivalents $40.47M $58.00M $158.30M
Total debt $4.24B $6.22B $5.33B
Shares (diluted) 286.88M 228.00M 81.00M
Enterprise value $3.95B $9.16B $1.74B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRN
P/E -9.2x -49.9x 7.4x
P/FCF -22.2x 34.6x -9.2x
P/Operating cash flow 11.9x 8.6x 5.6x
P/S 1.6x 1.6x 1.1x
P/B 1.7x 1.0x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 2.5x 1.1x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 134.0x 13.0x 7.3x
EV/EBIT -25.7x 76.1x 10.3x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 2.7x 3.6x
EV/FCF -44.5x 59.9x -29.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.0x 14.8x 17.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 – 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRN
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.2% 1.0% -2.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.3% – -8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.9% 0.0% -8.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.9% – 3.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -514.8% 142.0% 71.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -70.8% – 24.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -736.3% 70.0% 177.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -59.6% – 52.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -729.3% 69.8% 246.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -56.0% – 65.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -4.0% 17.5% 7.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.8% – 15.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -48.2% 45.2% 33.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -232.6% – 19.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRN
Gross margin 31.7% 32.0% 24.6%
EBITDA margin 2.4% 20.9% 48.8%
Operating margin -12.5% 3.6% 34.5%
Pretax margin -18.0% -3.5% 21.9%
Net margin -17.4% -3.1% 15.4%
FCF margin -7.2% 4.5% -12.2%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4% 18.4% 19.9%
Return on equity -17.3% -2.1% 29.4%
Return on assets -5.8% -1.0% 4.0%
Return on invested capital -4.6% – 8.5%
Return on capital employed – 1.1% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.8x -5.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 2.0% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRN
Debt / assets 54.3% 32.9% 63.8%
Debt / equity 1.7x 0.7x 4.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 67.3x 5.5x 5.0x
Debt / FCF -22.6x 25.5x -20.5x
Liabilities / assets 68.6% 53.0% 86.4%
Equity / assets 31.4% 47.0% 13.6%
Interest coverage -2.1x – –
Current ratio – 0.8x –
Quick ratio – 0.6x –
Cash ratio – 0.0x –
Altman Z-score – 0.60 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRN
Dividend yield 6.3% 5.7% 4.1%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – 2.3%
Shareholder yield 6.2% 5.7% 6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) -57.4% – 29.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) -140.7% – -38.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.4% – 1.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.4% – 6.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOLDLINETRN
Forward P/E – – 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.34FY2026 $-0.77FY2026 $2.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -33.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -1.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.40BFY2026 $5.07BFY2026 $2.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.9%FY2026 -5.4%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.7% +4.1% +4.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOLDLINETRN
Held by institutions 100.0% 33.7% 95.3%
Institutions holding 407 328 345
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +18.2% +6.3%
Institutions buying 212 183 171
Institutions selling 141 93 97
Buyers to sellers 1.50 1.97 1.76

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COLDLINETRN
COLD 1.00 0.74 0.17
LINE 0.74 1.00 0.22
TRN 0.17 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COLD, LINE and TRN?

Lineage (LINE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) $4.17B, Lineage (LINE) $8.44B, Trinity Industries (TRN) $2.38B.

Which company is growing faster?

Lineage (LINE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -0.2%, Lineage (LINE) +1.0%, Trinity Industries (TRN) -2.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trinity Industries (TRN) has the highest net margin (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -17.4%, Lineage (LINE) -3.1%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Trinity Industries (TRN) leads (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -4.6%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 8.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Americold Realty Trust (COLD) returned the most: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) +13.3%, Lineage (LINE) -6.0%, Trinity Industries (TRN) +11.4%. Over five years, Trinity Industries (TRN) compounded fastest (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -13.6%/yr, Trinity Industries (TRN) +0.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Americold Realty Trust (COLD) has the highest dividend yield: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) 6.30%, Lineage (LINE) 5.72%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 4.07%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lineage (LINE) has been the steadiest (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) 43.5%, Lineage (LINE) 36.6%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 37.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COLD, LINE and TRN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lineage (LINE) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.