Hafnia (HAFN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HAFN or ZTO?

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned 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.

Do analysts prefer HAFN or ZTO?

Hafnia currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.40%. ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus price target of $21.16, suggesting a potential upside of 20.36%. Given Hafnia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hafnia is more favorable than ZTO Express (Cayman).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hafnia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has better earnings & valuation, HAFN or ZTO?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than Hafnia. Hafnia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZTO Express (Cayman), 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
Hafnia	$2.63B	1.01	$793.28M	$1.21	4.32
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$45.21B	0.23	$1.23B	$1.58	11.13

Does the media refer more to HAFN or ZTO?

In the previous week, Hafnia had 7 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hafnia and 1 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). ZTO Express (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Hafnia's score of 0.96 indicating that ZTO Express (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hafnia	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ZTO Express (Cayman)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HAFN or ZTO?

ZTO Express (Cayman) received 279 more outperform votes than Hafnia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Hafnia an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hafnia	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
ZTO Express (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 283 62.75%	Underperform Votes 168 37.25%

Is HAFN or ZTO a better dividend stock?

Hafnia pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Hafnia pays out 33.1% 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. Hafnia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HAFN or ZTO more profitable?

Hafnia has a net margin of 53.44% compared to ZTO Express (Cayman)'s net margin of 20.56%. Hafnia's return on equity of 36.90% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hafnia	53.44%	36.90%	22.38%
ZTO Express (Cayman)	20.56%	15.44%	10.24%

Which has more volatility & risk, HAFN or ZTO?

Hafnia has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hafnia beats ZTO Express (Cayman) on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.