Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGOW) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) Critical Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations 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, indicating a potential upside of 37.31%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than Freightos.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Freightos and ZTO Express (Cayman)”s 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)	$54.21 billion	0.22	$1.30 billion	$1.86	11.57

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

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

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.