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.
TFI International (NYSE:TFII) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
TFI International has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TFI International had 1 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TFI International and 2 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). ZTO Express (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat TFI International's score of 0.25 indicating that ZTO Express (Cayman) 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.
73.3% of TFI International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of TFI International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TFI International pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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 currently has a consensus target price of $160.78, suggesting a potential upside of 20.52%. ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.25%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than TFI International.
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) has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Summary
ZTO Express (Cayman) beats TFI International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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