Carnival Co. & (CUK) Competitors

ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ZTO or CUK?

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ZTO or CUK more profitable?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 20.56% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZTO Express (Cayman)	20.56%	15.44%	10.24%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Which has more volatility and risk, ZTO or CUK?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.47, indicating that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZTO or CUK?

Carnival Co. & received 19 more outperform votes than ZTO Express (Cayman) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 62.86% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ZTO Express (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 281 62.86%	Underperform Votes 166 37.14%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 300 64.66%	Underperform Votes 164 35.34%

Is ZTO or CUK a better dividend stock?

ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carnival Co. & pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend ZTO or CUK?

ZTO Express (Cayman) presently has a consensus price target of $23.28, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, ZTO or CUK?

Carnival Co. & has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZTO Express (Cayman). Carnival Co. & is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZTO Express (Cayman), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$44.28B	0.25	$1.23B	$1.48	12.71
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	0.12	$1.92B	$1.50	10.78

Does the media favor ZTO or CUK?

In the previous week, ZTO Express (Cayman) had 8 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman) and 2 mentions for Carnival Co. &. ZTO Express (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.99 indicating that ZTO Express (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ZTO Express (Cayman)	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ZTO Express (Cayman) beats Carnival Co. & on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.