ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO) Competitors

ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Is ZTO or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryanair pays out 30.4% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ZTO or RYAAY?

Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZTO Express (Cayman). ZTO Express (Cayman) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryanair, 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
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$44.28B	0.23	$1.23B	$1.48	11.42
Ryanair	$13.82B	2.12	$2.07B	$3.26	16.88

Do analysts rate ZTO or RYAAY?

ZTO Express (Cayman) presently has a consensus price target of $21.30, indicating a potential upside of 26.00%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $147.00, indicating a potential upside of 167.08%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than ZTO Express (Cayman).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the media prefer ZTO or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 13 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ryanair and 12 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.52 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ZTO Express (Cayman)	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryanair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ZTO or RYAAY?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZTO or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 318 more outperform votes than ZTO Express (Cayman) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 62.81% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ZTO Express (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 282 62.81%	Underperform Votes 167 37.19%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 600 69.61%	Underperform Votes 262 30.39%

Is ZTO or RYAAY more profitable?

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 20.56% compared to Ryanair's net margin of 12.14%. Ryanair's return on equity of 21.46% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZTO Express (Cayman)	20.56%	15.44%	10.24%
Ryanair	12.14%	21.46%	9.91%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ZTO or RYAAY?

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ryanair beats ZTO Express (Cayman) on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.