ZTO vs. TFII, SFWL, BEST, UPS, NSC, ODFL, DAL, WAB, RYAAY, and UAL
Should you be buying ZTO Express (Cayman) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZTO Express (Cayman) include TFI International (TFII), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), BEST (BEST), United Parcel Service (UPS), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Ryanair (RYAAY), and United Airlines (UAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) and TFI International (NYSE:TFII) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 21.57% compared to TFI International's net margin of 6.44%. TFI International's return on equity of 20.39% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.
41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of TFI International shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of TFI International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TFI International had 2 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TFI International and 2 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). ZTO Express (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat TFI International's score of 0.97 indicating that ZTO Express (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ZTO Express (Cayman) received 134 more outperform votes than TFI International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.19% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave TFI International an outperform vote.
ZTO Express (Cayman) currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.64%. TFI International has a consensus target price of $161.82, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than TFI International.
ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. TFI International pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFI International pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TFI International. ZTO Express (Cayman) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFI International has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ZTO Express (Cayman) beats TFI International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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