profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
ZTO Express (Cayman)
$20.32+1.20% today
+6.9% in 1 year
1-year low $18.861-year high $25.88
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.13 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What ZTO Express (Cayman) sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CN¥35.4 billion in 2022 to CN¥49.1 billion in 2025, with CN¥9.08 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
ZTO Express (Cayman) handed back 85% of the cash it generated last year.
CN¥3.8B
Free cash flow 2025CN¥5.9B
Bought back its own sharesCN¥1.3B
Paid as dividendsCN¥3.8B
Cash vs. debtCN¥10.0B vs. CN¥11.5B
ZTO Express (Cayman) vs. similar companies
ZTO Express (Cayman) grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZTO Express (Cayman) | 11.1× · Cheap | ||
 United Parcel Service | 17.2× · Fair price | ||
 FedEx | 17.1× · Fair price | ||
 DHL Group | 19.5× · Fair price | ||
 DSV | 43.7× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads ZTO Express (Cayman)'s last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35,377 | 38,419 | 44,281 | 49,099 | |
| 9,039 | 11,663 | 13,717 | 12,271 | |
| 7,736 | 10,008 | 11,777 | 10,475 | |
| 11,148 | 13,853 | 15,037 | 14,682 | |
| 6,809 | 8,749 | 8,817 | 9,081 | |
| 8.36 | 10.60 | 10.70 | 11.19 | |
| 25.6% | 30.4% | 31.0% | 25.0% | |
| 21.9% | 26.0% | 26.6% | 21.3% | |
| 19.2% | 22.8% | 19.9% | 18.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 78,524 | 88,465 | 92,340 | 91,024 |
| Cash | 11,693 | 12,334 | 13,465 | 10,012 |
| Total debt | 13,123 | 15,438 | 17,345 | 11,478 |
| Total liabilities | 24,051 | 28,185 | 29,665 | 23,888 |
| 54,029 | 59,802 | 62,062 | 66,384 | |
| 820 | 839 | 838 | 821 | |
| 10.0% | 11.5% | 12.0% | 11.5% | |
| 12.6% | 14.6% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CNY | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,479 | 13,361 | 11,429 | 11,968 | |
| 7,413 | 6,670 | 5,902 | 6,074 | |
| 4,067 | 6,691 | 5,527 | 5,894 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,323 | 2,073 | 5,605 | 3,755 |
| 85 | 1,006 | 1,157 | 1,253 | |
| 179 | 255 | 319 | 229 |
Valuation
- 11.1×
- 1.5×
- 1.09
- 1.5×
- 2.1×
- 17.1×
- 7.0×
- 5.8%
- 9.0%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 25.0%
- 21.3%
- 18.5%
- 28.0%
- 11.8%
- 11.5%
- 14.2%
- 9.4%
- 13.8%
- –
Growth
- +11.5%
- +10.2%
- +6.6%
- +16.7%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 0.1×
- 0.17
- 22.3%
- 45.5×
- 1.49
- 1.61
- 0.52
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 28%of 984
Top 10%of 987
Top 13%of 875
Top 29%of 988
Top 34%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $26.60
- Range
- $26.60 – $26.60
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | 0.39 | 0.45 | −12.7% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | 0.47 | 0.45 | +4.9% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 0.43 | 0.44 | −2.8% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 0.35 | 0.40 | −12.4% |
| May 20, 2025 | 0.37 | 0.40 | −7.3% |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 0.44 | 0.46 | −4.3% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 0.41 | 0.40 | +1.3% |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 0.47 | 0.45 | +5.4% |
3.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$37a year at today's yield, before tax
+16.7%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.19 in 2018 → $0.65 in 2025
How safe it looks
41.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 63.7%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
68Pass
Benjamin Graham
80Pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
67Pass
Joel Greenblatt
55No pass
Charlie Munger
57No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about ZTO Express (Cayman)
Is ZTO Express (Cayman) a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the ZTO Express (Cayman) AI analysis
What does ZTO Express (Cayman) do?
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. provides express delivery and other value-added logistics services in the People's Republic of China. It is in Integrated Freight & Logistics, based in Shanghai, China, with 23,399 employees.
Does ZTO Express (Cayman) pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year, about 41% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $3.76 billion in dividends.
Is ZTO Express (Cayman) stock halal?
Yes. ZTO Express (Cayman) passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has ZTO Express (Cayman) stock done over the past year?
Up 6.9% over the past twelve months, to $20.32. It traded between $18.86 and $25.88 and is 21.5% below its high.
Who are ZTO Express (Cayman)'s competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are United Parcel Service, FedEx, DHL Group and DSV. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with ZTO Express (Cayman)'s.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.