Financial Comparison: ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) & Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGOW)

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freightos	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZTO Express (Cayman)	19.03%	15.90%	10.89%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Freightos and ZTO Express (Cayman), as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freightos	0	0	0	0	0.00
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0	2	2	1	2.80

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus price target of $29.55, suggesting a potential upside of 38.54%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than Freightos.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freightos	$29.92 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$7.02 billion	1.69	$1.30 billion	$1.86	11.47

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.6% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ZTO Express (Cayman) beats Freightos on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freightos

Freightos Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight. It operates WebCargo, a platform for connecting carriers and forwarders; and Freightos.com, a platform for connecting service providers to importers/exporters. The company also offers software-as-a-service solutions, such as WebCargo Air for airline rates and ebookings; WebCargo AcceleRate, a multi-modal rate repository; data services; and WebCargo Airline Control Panel that enables airlines to control bookings and optimize pricing with real-time booking analytics. In addition, it provides digital customs brokerage services. The company is based in Jerusalem, Israel.

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.