ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO) Competitors

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

Is ZTO or RYAAY more profitable?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 20.56% compared to Ryanair's net margin of 11.38%. Ryanair's return on equity of 19.92% 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%
Ryanair	11.38%	19.92%	9.23%

Which has more risk and volatility, ZTO or RYAAY?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.15, meaning that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ZTO or RYAAY?

ZTO Express (Cayman) presently has a consensus price target of $27.03, indicating a potential upside of 41.38%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $151.00, indicating a potential upside of 265.53%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryanair is more favorable than ZTO Express (Cayman).

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
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ZTO or RYAAY?

Ryanair has higher revenue and earnings than ZTO Express (Cayman). ZTO Express (Cayman) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryanair, 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)	$5.41B	2.13	$1.23B	$1.45	13.18
Ryanair	$14.59B	1.53	$2.07B	$3.00	13.77

Is ZTO or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryanair pays out 34.7% 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.

Does the media refer more to ZTO or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 3 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ryanair and 2 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.15 indicating that Ryanair 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryanair	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ZTO or RYAAY?

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZTO or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 320 more outperform votes than ZTO Express (Cayman) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 63.18% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ZTO Express (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 278 63.18%	Underperform Votes 162 36.82%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 598 69.70%	Underperform Votes 260 30.30%

Summary

Ryanair beats ZTO Express (Cayman) on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.