ZIM vs. FRO, STNG, TRMD, SBLK, CDLR, LPG, SFL, DHT, CMRE, and DAC
Should you be buying ZIM Integrated Shipping Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), TORM (TRMD), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Frontline pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out -4.3% 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. Frontline has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Frontline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontline currently has a consensus price target of $26.10, suggesting a potential downside of 1.32%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus price target of $12.01, suggesting a potential downside of 38.85%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Frontline has a net margin of 32.94% compared to Frontline's net margin of -47.59%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 23.14% beat Frontline's return on equity.
Frontline received 438 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote while only 42.17% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 12 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 8 mentions for Frontline. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Frontline's score of 0.34 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Frontline has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Frontline beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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