COLD vs LINE vs TRTN-PA Stock Comparison

Americold Realty Trust, Lineage and Triton International Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COLD Americold Realty Trust
$14.11 -3.2% 1M +5.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.16B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.61B
Div. yield
0.06%
Industrial REITs Real Estate
1 win
LINE Lineage, Inc.
$35.35 -0.2% 1M -11.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.23B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.37B
Div. yield
–
Industrial REITs Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Triton International leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Triton International 5, Lineage 3, Americold Realty Trust 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOLDLINETRTN-PALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.16B $8.23B $1.37B LINE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.1x -48.7x 3.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.2% +1.0% +36.3% TRTN-PA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -17.4% -3.1% 528.7% TRTN-PA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -4.6% — 7.7% TRTN-PA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 67.3x 5.5x 5.6x LINE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.06% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.5% -11.6% -1.6% COLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.7%/yr — -2.0%/yr TRTN-PA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.8% 36.7% 8.2% TRTN-PA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 22/100 64/100 37/100 LINE

Percentile Scorecard

COLDLINETRTN-PA

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

AxisCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Valuation 19 #117 of 145 85 #23 of 145 88 #25 of 203
Growth 4 #136 of 142 75 #37 of 142 21 #149 of 188
Profitability 13 #117 of 135 25 #102 of 135 61 #72 of 184
Financial Health 13 #119 of 136 56 #61 of 136 8 #200 of 217
Shareholder Returns 62 #51 of 131 82 #25 of 131 9 #140 of 153
Overall 22 64 37
  • COLD ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • LINE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • TRTN-PA ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCOLDLINETRTN-PASPY
1 month -3.2%-0.2%-0.9% +0.9%
3 months -4.5%-20.3%-3.3% +5.9%
6 months +17.6%-1.8%-2.5% +8.5%
Year to date +9.7%+1.0%-1.8% +13.3%
1 year +5.5%-11.6%-1.6% +12.4%
3 years -44.3%—-0.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year -17.7%—-0.1% +23.5%
5 years -52.1%—-9.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -13.7%—-2.0% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureCOLDLINETRTN-PASPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.8%36.7%8.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.7%33.8%9.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.721.000.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.12-0.32-0.20 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.0%-64.1%-15.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.2%-21.6%-4.8% -0.9%
52-week high $16.25$45.10$26.42 $779.14
52-week low $10.12$31.80$25.03 $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.

MultipleCOLDLINETRTN-PA
P/E now vs peer median -8.9xmedian 25.8x -47.7xmedian 25.8x 3.6xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 4.0x 1.5xmedian 4.0x 35.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 131.7xmedian 14.2x 12.7xmedian 14.2x 7.8xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -21.4xmedian 23.0x 33.0xmedian 23.0x 5.1xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.3x 0.9xmedian 1.3x 0.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 1.91 —median 1.91 -0.26median 1.41

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 monthsCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Revenue $2.61B $5.37B $72.04M
Gross profit $830.08M $1.72B $1.86M
Operating income -$326.12M $192.00M $754.49M
Net income -$460.51M -$189.00M $837.82M
Free cash flow -$187.93M $244.00M $499.45M
EPS (diluted) $-1.59 $-0.74 $6.91
Cash & equivalents $40.47M $58.00M $62.50M
Total debt $4.24B $6.22B $26.08B
Shares (diluted) 286.88M 228.00M 55.10M
Enterprise value $3.90B $7.96B $1.16B

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
MetricCOLDLINETRTN-PA
P/E -8.9x -47.7x 3.6x
P/FCF -21.4x 33.0x 5.1x
P/Operating cash flow 11.5x 8.2x 2.8x
P/S 1.5x 1.5x 35.3x
P/B 1.6x 0.9x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 1.0x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 131.7x 12.7x 7.8x
EV/EBIT -25.2x 74.1x 11.7x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 2.6x 122.6x
EV/FCF -43.8x 58.3x 17.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.6x 14.4x 9.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 – -0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.2% 1.0% 36.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.3% – -13.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.9% 0.0% -44.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.9% – -39.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -514.8% 142.0% -16.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -70.8% – -7.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -736.3% 70.0% -10.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -59.6% – 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -729.3% 69.8% -28.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -56.0% – -13.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -4.0% 17.5% -17.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.8% – -14.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -48.2% 45.2% 17.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -232.6% – -24.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Gross margin 31.7% 32.0% 2.6%
EBITDA margin 2.4% 20.9% 1,563%
Operating margin -12.5% 3.6% 1,047%
Pretax margin -18.0% -3.5% 677.9%
Net margin -17.4% -3.1% 528.7%
FCF margin -7.2% 4.5% 693.3%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4% 18.4% 1,252%
Return on equity -17.3% -2.1% 31.1%
Return on assets -5.8% -1.0% 8.6%
Return on invested capital -4.6% – 7.7%
Return on capital employed – 1.1% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.8x -5.2x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 2.0% 20.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Debt / assets 54.3% 32.9% 65.3%
Debt / equity 1.7x 0.7x 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 67.3x 5.5x 5.6x
Debt / FCF -22.6x 25.5x 12.7x
Liabilities / assets 68.6% 53.0% 71.8%
Equity / assets 31.4% 47.0% 28.2%
Interest coverage -2.1x – 2.8x
Current ratio – 0.8x –
Quick ratio – 0.6x –
Cash ratio – 0.0x –
Altman Z-score – 0.57 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Dividend yield 6.5% 6.0% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% – -6.6%
Shareholder yield 6.5% 6.0% -6.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) -57.4% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -140.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.4% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.4% – –

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.

ConsensusCOLDLINETRTN-PA
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.34FY2026 $-0.77FY2026 –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.40BFY2026 $5.07BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -7.9%FY2026 -5.4%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +12.7% +4.1% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOLDLINETRTN-PA
Held by institutions 100.0% 33.7% –
Institutions holding 406 327 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +18.2% –
Institutions buying 212 183 –
Institutions selling 140 93 –
Buyers to sellers 1.51 1.97 –

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.

COLDLINETRTN-PA
COLD 1.00 0.74 0.06
LINE 0.74 1.00 0.04
TRTN-PA 0.06 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COLD, LINE and TRTN-PA?

Lineage (LINE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) $4.16B, Lineage (LINE) $8.23B, Triton International (TRTN-PA) $1.37B.

Which company is growing faster?

Triton International (TRTN-PA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -0.2%, Lineage (LINE) +1.0%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) +36.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Triton International (TRTN-PA) has the highest net margin (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -17.4%, Lineage (LINE) -3.1%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 528.7%). On return on invested capital, Triton International (TRTN-PA) leads (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -4.6%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 7.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Americold Realty Trust (COLD) returned the most: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) +5.5%, Lineage (LINE) -11.6%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -1.6%. Over five years, Triton International (TRTN-PA) compounded fastest (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) -13.7%/yr, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -2.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Americold Realty Trust (COLD) 0.06%, Lineage (LINE) 0.00%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 0.00%. Lineage (LINE) and Triton International (TRTN-PA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Triton International (TRTN-PA) has been the steadiest (Americold Realty Trust (COLD) 43.8%, Lineage (LINE) 36.7%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 8.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COLD, LINE and TRTN-PA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Triton International (TRTN-PA) leads on 5. 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.