ZTO vs. TFII, XPO, UHAL, SAIA, ASR, PAC, AAL, CHRW, LUV, and EXPD
Should you be buying ZTO Express (Cayman) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZTO Express (Cayman) include TFI International (TFII), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), American Airlines Group (AAL), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Southwest Airlines (LUV), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 21.57% compared to TFI International's net margin of 6.44%. TFI International's return on equity of 20.39% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.
ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ZTO Express (Cayman) presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.00%. TFI International has a consensus target price of $160.78, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than TFI International.
In the previous week, ZTO Express (Cayman) had 9 more articles in the media than TFI International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman) and 1 mentions for TFI International. TFI International's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.88 indicating that TFI International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 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.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% 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 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ZTO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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