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ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) Shares Gap Down - Time to Sell?

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ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:ZTO - Get Free Report)'s stock price gapped down before the market opened on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $24.62, but opened at $23.97. ZTO Express (Cayman) shares last traded at $23.82, with a volume of 192,525 shares traded.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Price Performance

The company has a fifty day moving average price of $23.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $21.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.26. The company has a market cap of $14.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.06, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of -0.10.

ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 20th. The transportation company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $1.48 billion during the quarter. ZTO Express (Cayman) had a net margin of 21.22% and a return on equity of 15.51%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that ZTO Express will post 1.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 10th were issued a $0.35 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 10th. ZTO Express (Cayman)'s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 47.89%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ZTO Express (Cayman)

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ZTO. EntryPoint Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ZTO Express (Cayman) in the first quarter valued at approximately $43,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in ZTO Express (Cayman) in the 2nd quarter worth about $45,000. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in ZTO Express (Cayman) by 210.0% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,303 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 1,560 shares in the last quarter. Mendota Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in ZTO Express (Cayman) during the 2nd quarter valued at $167,000. Finally, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC bought a new position in ZTO Express (Cayman) during the first quarter worth about $230,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 41.65% of the company's stock.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Company Profile

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ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc provides express delivery and other value-added logistics services in the People's Republic of China. It offers freight forwarding services; and delivery services for e-commerce and traditional merchants, and other express service users. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

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