ZTO vs. TFII, XPO, UHAL, SAIA, ASR, PAC, AAL, CHRW, LUV, and EXPD
Should you be buying ZTO Express (Cayman) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZTO Express (Cayman) include TFI International (TFII), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), American Airlines Group (AAL), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
TFI International (NYSE:TFII) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
TFI International pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ZTO Express (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TFI International pays out 28.4% 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. TFI International has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than TFI International. ZTO Express (Cayman) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TFI International currently has a consensus target price of $160.78, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.00%. Given TFI International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than TFI International.
73.3% of TFI International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of TFI International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TFI International has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.05, indicating that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ZTO Express (Cayman) had 9 more articles in the media than TFI International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ZTO Express (Cayman) and 1 mentions for TFI International. ZTO Express (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat TFI International's score of 0.81 indicating that TFI International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ZTO Express (Cayman) received 134 more outperform votes than TFI International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.19% of users gave ZTO Express (Cayman) an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave TFI International an outperform vote.
ZTO Express (Cayman) has a net margin of 21.57% compared to ZTO Express (Cayman)'s net margin of 6.44%. ZTO Express (Cayman)'s return on equity of 20.39% beat TFI International's return on equity.
Summary
ZTO Express (Cayman) beats TFI International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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