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ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO) Competitors

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$19.01 -0.09 (-0.47%)
Closing price 10/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$19.00 -0.01 (-0.03%)
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ZTO vs. RYAAY, VIK, BIP, LTM, PAC, PAA, NCLH, MMYT, DINO, and ASR

Should you be buying ZTO Express (Cayman) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZTO Express (Cayman) include Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), HF Sinclair (DINO), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

ZTO Express (Cayman) vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Ryanair had 9 more articles in the media than ZTO Express (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ryanair and 0 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman). Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s score of 0.86 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ZTO Express (Cayman) Positive
Ryanair Positive

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 18.83% compared to Ryanair's net margin of 14.42%. Ryanair's return on equity of 27.91% beat ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZTO Express (Cayman)18.83% 14.44% 9.72%
Ryanair 14.42%27.91%12.39%

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.18, meaning that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ZTO Express (Cayman) presently has a consensus target price of $22.36, indicating a potential upside of 17.62%. Ryanair has a consensus target price of $76.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.92%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Ryanair
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ZTO Express (Cayman)$46.32B0.25$1.21B$1.4812.84
Ryanair$14.66B2.21$1.73B$4.2614.40

ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryanair pays out 16.7% 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.

Summary

Ryanair beats ZTO Express (Cayman) on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZTO vs. The Competition

MetricZTO Express (Cayman)TRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.43B$5.67B$7.30B$22.00B
Dividend Yield3.06%2.57%471.62%3.60%
P/E Ratio12.8410.7715.0232.73
Price / Sales0.251.06530.3661.16
Price / Cash6.5910.937.9024.48
Price / Book1.342.592.344.67
Net Income$1.21B$183.78M$555.46M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.04%-2.23%-0.45%-0.31%
1 Month Performance1.17%-7.33%-1.82%-0.17%
1 Year Performance-24.47%-12.66%3.42%11.29%

ZTO Express (Cayman) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
3.7711 of 5 stars
$19.01
-0.5%
$22.36
+17.6%
-23.9%$11.43B$46.32B12.8424,471
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.8247 of 5 stars
$61.80
-0.3%
$76.00
+23.0%
+36.0%$32.73B$14.98B14.5125,952Positive News
Short Interest ↓
VIK
Viking
3.3047 of 5 stars
$60.86
+0.2%
$58.93
-3.2%
+59.0%$26.93B$5.33B32.8912,000
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.636 of 5 stars
$34.81
+1.5%
$40.14
+15.3%
-4.0%$15.90B$21.04B696.4261,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
LTM
LATAM Airlines Group
3.2621 of 5 stars
$45.05
+1.1%
$38.00
-15.7%
+63.2%$13.47B$12.83B11.5838,664Short Interest ↑
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico
2.7132 of 5 stars
$218.93
-1.5%
$210.00
-4.1%
+20.6%$11.23B$1.84B22.713,275
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.8012 of 5 stars
$16.22
+1.9%
$20.73
+27.8%
-3.7%$11.20B$47.80B22.224,100
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.5453 of 5 stars
$23.26
+1.4%
$27.80
+19.5%
+1.1%$10.37B$9.48B16.0441,700Trending News
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
3.1429 of 5 stars
$90.73
+1.9%
$120.00
+32.3%
-13.9%$9.90B$978.34M105.505,122Upcoming Earnings
DINO
HF Sinclair
4.168 of 5 stars
$52.64
+1.5%
$58.36
+10.9%
+16.3%$9.70B$28.58B-114.435,297Positive News
ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
2.103 of 5 stars
$303.15
-0.3%
$310.00
+2.3%
+7.6%$9.12B$1.72B14.611,936News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓

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