ZTOZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

$21.30

Is the business good?

How good a business is ZTO?

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. earns 16% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

16%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 7.0 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
21%

Operating margin · Integrated Freight & Logistics median 6.1% · fiscal year to FY2025

Cash conversion
0.74×

Cash conversion · 0.71× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet

Share count, year on year
−2.1%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202019%
FY202118%
FY202222%
FY202326%
FY202427%
FY202521%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2025
25%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2025
21%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2025
18%
Free cash flow margin
14%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$49.1B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$6.75B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$9.08B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
16%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.