Financial Analysis: ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) & Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service (NASDAQ:CTNT)

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service (NASDAQ:CTNT) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service and ZTO Express (Cayman), as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service	1	0	0	0	1.00
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0	3	1	1	2.60

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a consensus price target of $26.05, indicating a potential upside of 33.42%. Given ZTO Express (Cayman)’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ZTO Express (Cayman) is more favorable than Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service.

Profitability

This table compares Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service and ZTO Express (Cayman)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service	-206.70%	-7.88%	-7.41%
ZTO Express (Cayman)	19.03%	15.90%	10.89%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service and ZTO Express (Cayman)”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service	$1.29 million	0.04	-$3.65 million	($22,461.20)	-0.00
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$7.02 billion	1.55	$1.30 billion	$1.86	10.50

ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service. Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZTO Express (Cayman), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service has a beta of -0.64, suggesting that its share price is 164% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ZTO Express (Cayman) beats Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service

Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Inc., together with its subsidiaries, supplies parallel-import vehicles in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and internationally. It purchases and resell branded automobiles under the Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover, RAM and Toyota brands. The company was formerly known as Yuan Qiu Business Group LLC and changed its name to Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Inc. in March 2022. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Inc. is a subsidiary of Fairview Eastern International Holdings Limited.

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.