TFII vs. ZTO, SFWL, BEST, UPS, ODFL, DAL, WAB, RYAAY, UAL, and EXPD
Should you be buying TFI International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TFI International include ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), BEST (BEST), United Parcel Service (UPS), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Airlines (UAL), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of TFI International shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of TFI International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 21.57% compared to ZTO Express (Cayman)'s net margin of 6.44%. ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity of 20.39% beat TFI International's return on equity.
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. TFI International has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive 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.
In the previous week, ZTO Express (Cayman) had 1 more articles in the media than TFI International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman) and 2 mentions for TFI International. TFI International's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.59 indicating that ZTO Express (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ZTO Express (Cayman) currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.64%. TFI International has a consensus target price of $160.78, indicating a potential upside of 21.54%. Given TFI International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than TFI International.
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) 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 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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