DSV A/S (OTCMKTS:DSDVF) vs. ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) Head to Head Review

Posted by Defense World Staff on Jul 23rd, 2023

DSV A/S (OTCMKTS:DSDVF – Get Free Report) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for DSV A/S and ZTO Express (Cayman), as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DSV A/S	1	2	0	0	1.67
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0	0	4	0	3.00

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus target price of $36.96, indicating a potential upside of 41.66%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than DSV A/S.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.5% of DSV A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares DSV A/S and ZTO Express (Cayman)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DSV A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZTO Express (Cayman)	20.76%	14.25%	9.88%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DSV A/S and ZTO Express (Cayman)’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DSV A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.38	26.57
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$5.13 billion	3.11	$987.22 million	$1.34	19.47

ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than DSV A/S. ZTO Express (Cayman) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DSV A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

ZTO Express (Cayman) beats DSV A/S on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DSV A/S

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DSV A/S offers transport and logistics services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It operates through three segments: Air & Sea, Road, and Solutions. The company provides air freight, air freight compliance and carrier, and rail freight services; sea freight, and sea freight compliance and carrier services, as well as freight containers. It also offers road freight services, such as part and full loads, groupage, specialized transport, express, and online and document handling services; and workshops. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions for automotive, consumer products, healthcare, high-tech, and industrial sectors; and inventory management solutions. Further, it offers special project transport services, such as industrial projects, renewable energy, government logistics, ship charter, and air charter services; and courier and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as DSV Panalpina A/S and changed its name to DSV A/S in September 2021. DSV A/S was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.

About ZTO Express (Cayman)

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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.

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