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ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO) Competitors

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$21.07 +0.15 (+0.72%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ZTO vs. MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, BIP, TFII, NCLH, PAA, MMYT, AAL, and PAC

Should you be buying ZTO Express (Cayman) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZTO Express (Cayman) include Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), TFI International (TFII), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

ZTO Express (Cayman) vs.

ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Mplx has a net margin of 36.77% compared to ZTO Express (Cayman)'s net margin of 21.22%. Mplx's return on equity of 32.70% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZTO Express (Cayman)21.22% 15.51% 10.34%
Mplx 36.77%32.70%11.61%

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Mplx received 329 more outperform votes than ZTO Express (Cayman) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.82% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZTO Express (Cayman)Outperform Votes
275
63.22%
Underperform Votes
160
36.78%
MplxOutperform Votes
604
71.82%
Underperform Votes
237
28.18%

ZTO Express (Cayman) currently has a consensus target price of $27.03, suggesting a potential upside of 28.26%. Mplx has a consensus target price of $48.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.03%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)'s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than Mplx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ZTO Express (Cayman)
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Mplx
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mplx pays out 90.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Mplx has higher revenue and earnings than ZTO Express (Cayman). Mplx 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ZTO Express (Cayman)$5.41B2.35$1.23B$1.4314.73
Mplx$10.74B4.47$3.93B$4.2411.09

In the previous week, Mplx had 3 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mplx and 3 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). Mplx's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.60 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ZTO Express (Cayman)
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mplx
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Mplx beats ZTO Express (Cayman) on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZTO vs. The Competition

MetricZTO Express (Cayman)Trucking & courier services, except air IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.73B$23.21B$333.04B$19.82B
Dividend Yield3.25%3.08%4.43%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.7312.2214.2442.14
Price / Sales2.350.9252.5620.65
Price / Cash7.768.2013.0421.65
Price / Book1.513.292.154.66
Net Income$1.23B$1.67B$570.30M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-4.01%-6.21%-2.16%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-17.15%-9.65%-1.08%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-12.43%-16.45%15.90%24.69%

ZTO Express (Cayman) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.092 of 5 stars
$21.07
+0.7%
$27.03
+28.3%
-12.4%$12.73B$5.41B14.7323,554Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Up
MPLX
Mplx
3.2352 of 5 stars
$46.39
+0.2%
N/A+32.6%$47.34B$10.74B10.945,810Analyst Upgrade
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.2338 of 5 stars
$45.75
-1.3%
N/A-60.9%$25.03B$14.59B15.2527,076Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
VIK
Viking
3.2658 of 5 stars
$45.76
+3.0%
N/AN/A$19.74B$4.93B0.009,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.1003 of 5 stars
$34.52
-0.9%
N/A+24.3%$15.94B$17.93B-90.8452,000Analyst Upgrade
TFII
TFI International
4.2127 of 5 stars
$149.65
+1.2%
N/A+24.0%$12.67B$8.29B27.2125,123Analyst Forecast
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.102 of 5 stars
$27.73
-0.3%
N/A+80.6%$12.19B$9.36B25.4441,000Analyst Forecast
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
1.5696 of 5 stars
$17.19
-0.7%
N/A+12.4%$12.05B$49.70B15.354,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
2.2604 of 5 stars
$105.99
-0.9%
N/A+128.7%$11.64B$782.52M57.924,576Analyst Upgrade
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.7142 of 5 stars
$14.00
-1.1%
N/A+18.0%$9.20B$52.79B42.43132,100Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
3.4945 of 5 stars
$177.50
-0.5%
N/A+33.7%$8.97B$1.88B17.642,688Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:ZTO) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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