Critical Analysis: CryoPort (NASDAQ:CYRX) and ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO)

ZTO Express (Cayman) (NYSE:ZTO) and CryoPort (NASDAQ:CYRX) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for ZTO Express (Cayman) and CryoPort, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZTO Express (Cayman)	0	1	3	1	3.00
CryoPort	0	1	8	1	3.00

ZTO Express (Cayman) currently has a consensus target price of $21.76, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. CryoPort has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.52%. Given CryoPort’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CryoPort is more favorable than ZTO Express (Cayman).

Volatility & Risk

ZTO Express (Cayman) has a beta of -0.18, meaning that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CryoPort has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ZTO Express (Cayman) and CryoPort”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZTO Express (Cayman)	$45.21 billion	0.27	$1.21 billion	$1.58	12.82
CryoPort	$237.88 million	1.85	-$114.76 million	$1.33	6.61

ZTO Express (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than CryoPort. CryoPort 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

41.7% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of CryoPort shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of ZTO Express (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of CryoPort 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.

Profitability

This table compares ZTO Express (Cayman) and CryoPort’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZTO Express (Cayman)	20.77%	15.91%	10.65%
CryoPort	37.21%	-9.79%	-5.42%

Summary

ZTO Express (Cayman) beats CryoPort on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About CryoPort

Cryoport, Inc. provides temperature-controlled supply chain solutions in biopharma/pharma, animal health, and human reproductive medicine markets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Cryoport Express Shippers; Cryoport ELITE -80°C Gene Therapy Shipper; Cryoport ELITE Cryosphere Shipper; Cryoport consulting services, including physical, thermal, and shipping qualifications of shipping systems and/or packaging to developing custom packaging solutions; and Cryoport bioservices, such as controlled temperature storage, fulfilment, kit production, secondary packaging, labelling of therapeutic products, and GMP raw materials storage services. It also provides CRYOGENE, an unparalleled solution that offers pre-clinical temperature-controlled biological materials management services comprising specimen storage, processing, collection, and retrieval; CRYOPD, a temperature-controlled logistics solution, which include temperature-controlled packaging and transport solutions from cryogenic temperature to controlled ambient; and IntegriCell services that comprise apheresis/leukapheresis collection, Cryoshuttle transportation, cryo-process optimization and processing services. In addition, the company offers MVE Biological Solutions' Fusion cryogenic system, a self-sustaining cryogenic freezer; MVE Biological Solutions' Vario cryogenic system, a cryogenic freezer system that supports temperatures between -20°C and -150°C; Cryoport Cryoshuttle provides clients with dedicated local transportation support; and Tec4Med. Further, it provides biological specimen cryopreservation storage and maintenance; archiving, monitoring, tracking, receipt, and delivery of samples; frozen biological specimens transportation; and incoming and outgoing biological specimens management; and short-term logistics and engineering consulting services. Cryoport, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.