Financial Comparison: DirectBooking Technology (NASDAQ:ZDAI) vs. ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO)

ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) and DirectBooking Technology (NASDAQ:ZDAI) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for ZTO Express (Cayman) and DirectBooking Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0	3	3	1	2.71
DirectBooking Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00

ZTO Express (Cayman) presently has a consensus target price of $22.36, indicating a potential upside of 18.75%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than DirectBooking Technology.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DirectBooking Technology has a beta of 4.38, suggesting that its stock price is 338% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ZTO Express (Cayman) and DirectBooking Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZTO Express (Cayman)	18.83%	14.44%	9.72%
DirectBooking Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ZTO Express (Cayman) and DirectBooking Technology”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$6.07 billion	1.86	$1.21 billion	$1.48	12.72
DirectBooking Technology	$19.28 million	0.64	-$6.98 million	N/A	N/A

ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than DirectBooking Technology.

Summary

ZTO Express (Cayman) beats DirectBooking Technology on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZTO Express (Cayman)

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. provides express delivery and other value-added logistics services in the People's Republic of China. It offers freight forwarding services; and delivery services for e-commerce and traditional merchants, and other express service users. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About DirectBooking Technology

We are a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with operations conducted by our Hong Kong subsidiary, Primega Construction. As a holding company with no material operations of its own, we conduct our operations in Hong Kong through our operating subsidiary, Primega Construction. Primega Construction is a provider of transportation services that employs environmentally friendly practices with the aim of facilitating reuse of C&D materials and reduction of construction waste. Through Primega Construction, we operate in the Hong Kong construction industry, mainly handling transportation of materials excavated from construction sites. Primega Construction principally provides the following services in Hong Kong (i) soil and rock transportation services; (ii) diesel oil trading; and (iii) construction works, which mainly includes ELS works and bored piling. We generally provide our services as a subcontractor to other construction contractors in Hong Kong. We generate the majority of our income from soil and rock transportation services provided by Primega Construction, which contributed 73.82%, 88.47% and 66.48% of our total revenue during the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2023 and the six months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. Primega Construction works with recyclers and other private contractors to repurpose and recycle excavated materials, reducing the volume of construction waste ending up in landfills, while lowering waste disposal fees incurred by its customers. Our principal executive office is located at Room 2912, 29/F., New Tech Plaza, 34 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Our registered office in the Cayman Islands is located at the office of Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited, 71 Fort Street, PO Box 500, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1–1106, Cayman Islands. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York.