Contrasting ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) & COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY)

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COSCO SHIPPING has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and COSCO SHIPPING”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	$8.43 billion	0.28	$2.15 billion	$8.32	2.39
COSCO SHIPPING	$32.53 billion	0.85	$6.84 billion	N/A	N/A

COSCO SHIPPING has higher revenue and earnings than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.

Dividends

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. COSCO SHIPPING pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out 2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and COSCO SHIPPING’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	13.22%	25.18%	8.94%
COSCO SHIPPING	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and COSCO SHIPPING, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	4	3	0	0	1.43
COSCO SHIPPING	1	2	0	0	1.67

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus price target of $14.08, indicating a potential downside of 29.13%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is more favorable than COSCO SHIPPING.

Summary

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services beats COSCO SHIPPING on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and related services in Israel and internationally. It provides door-to-door and port-to-port transportation services for various types of customers, including end-users, consolidators, and freight forwarders. The company also offers ZIMonitor, a premium reefer cargo tracking service. As of March 1, 2024, it operated a fleet of 150 vessels, which included 134 container vessels and 16 vehicle transport vessels; and as of December 31, 2023, it operated a network of 67 weekly lines. The company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

About COSCO SHIPPING

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping, managing and operating container terminals, and other terminal related businesses in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business and Terminal Business segments. The company offers freight forwarding and transportation, vessel chartering, container transportation, marine, vessel management and manning, cargo and liner agency, logistics, document, shipping agency and other sea transport, container stack, cargo storage, and cargo transportation services. It is also involved in the design and manufacture of computer software, as well as provision of technology services and solutions; asset management business; and operation of terminals. The company was formerly known as China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. in November 2016. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.