ZTO vs. TFII, SFWL, BEST, UPS, NSC, ODFL, DAL, WAB, RYAAY, and UAL
Should you be buying ZTO Express (Cayman) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZTO Express (Cayman) include TFI International (TFII), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), BEST (BEST), United Parcel Service (UPS), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Ryanair (RYAAY), and United Airlines (UAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
TFI International (NYSE:TFII) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
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 revenue and earnings 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.
73.3% of TFI International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of TFI International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held 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.
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.
TFI International has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TFI International had 3 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TFI International and 3 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). TFI International's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.60 indicating that ZTO Express (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TFI International currently has a consensus target price of $161.82, indicating a potential upside of 14.77%. ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.80%. Given TFI International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than TFI International.
TFI International pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TFI International pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 43.0% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
ZTO Express (Cayman) beats TFI International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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