ZIM vs. FRO, STNG, TRMD, SBLK, CDLR, DHT, SFL, LPG, CMRE, and DAC
Should you be buying ZIM Integrated Shipping Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), TORM (TRMD), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), DHT (DHT), SFL (SFL), Dorian LPG (LPG), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Frontline had 7 more articles in the media than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Frontline and 11 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Frontline's score of 0.38 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Frontline received 438 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote while only 42.68% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Frontline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus price target of $11.76, indicating a potential downside of 47.81%. Frontline has a consensus price target of $26.10, indicating a potential downside of 7.84%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Frontline has a net margin of 32.94% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of -47.59%. Frontline's return on equity of 23.42% beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity.
Summary
Frontline beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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