With 1.65 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.16 million shares. The 52-week range on ZTO shows that it touched its highest point at $27.50 and its lowest point at $16.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $23.39. With its current market cap of 10.42 billion, ZTO has annualized dividend of $0.70 while the current yield stands at 3.99%. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.18.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ZTO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.99%, but this was down by -7.58% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.49% while six-month performance fell -5.03%. The stock lost -25.78% in the past year, while it has lost -10.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ZTO yields 1.57 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.53% for this year and 12.66% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.06% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 593.65 million ZTO shares are outstanding with a float of 588.53 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ZTO since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $12.41226 being high and $10.85186 being low. For ZTO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $11.77391.
