ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) Competitors

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend ZIM or SOBO?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services presently has a consensus price target of $14.58, suggesting a potential upside of 1.73%. South Bow has a consensus price target of $28.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is more favorable than South Bow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.29
South Bow	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ZIM or SOBO?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has higher revenue and earnings than South Bow. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, 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
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	$8.43B	0.20	$2.15B	$16.64	0.86
South Bow	$2.12B	2.78	$316M	$1.85	15.31

Does the media favor ZIM or SOBO?

In the previous week, South Bow had 3 more articles in the media than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for South Bow and 4 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat South Bow's score of 1.17 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
South Bow	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ZIM or SOBO more profitable?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a net margin of 23.37% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 50.61% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	23.37%	50.61%	17.82%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ZIM or SOBO a better dividend stock?

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ZIM or SOBO?

21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services beats South Bow on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.