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ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. is a Chinese express delivery company that provides domestic and international parcel delivery services. It operates an extensive network including sorting hubs, line-haul routes, and delivery outlets covering over 99% of cities and counties in China. The company serves individual senders, e-commerce merchants, and enterprise customers with services such as intra-city and inter-city delivery, customized solutions, reverse logistics, and cross-border express delivery.

Snapshot

Revenue
$7.02B
Revenue growth (YoY)
15.7%
Net income
$1.30B
Diluted EPS
$1.60
Gross margin
25.0%
Operating margin
21.3%
Net margin
18.5%
FCF margin
13.8%
ROE
13.5%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
11.1×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$15.98B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at ZTO Express (Cayman)

  • Revenue grew 15.7% to $7.0B in FY2025, faster than the 12.1% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 21.3% in FY2025, +3.2 pp against 18.1% in FY2021.
  • Free cash flow was $966M in FY2025, 13.8% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 7.5% to $1.3B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where ZTO Express (Cayman)’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin25.0%
42nd percentile of 466
Operating margin21.3%
90th percentile of 605
Net margin18.5%
92nd percentile of 645
FCF margin13.8%
82nd percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)+15.7%
77th percentile of 668
ROE13.5%
69th percentile of 600
P/E11.1×
16th percentile of 434
Short interest6.83d
88th percentile of 676

ZTO Express (Cayman)’s net margin of 18.5% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 645 Industrials companies reporting it. ZTO Express (Cayman)’s operating margin of 21.3% ranks in the 90th percentile of the 605 Industrials companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
1 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$60.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$24.5M1.1MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$21.9M979.1KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$9.1M406.6KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.2M96.8KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.4M64.6KNew
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$1.3M60.3KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
12.3M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-4.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.83
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.8M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1412.3M-4.1%6.83
2026-07-3112.9M-12.1%6.80
2026-07-1514.6M-1.4%11.44
2026-06-3014.9M+4.7%9.83
2026-06-1514.2M+3.8%10.08
2026-05-2913.7M-0.9%6.70
2026-05-1513.8M+3.0%6.69
2026-04-3013.4M-13.6%8.82

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$7.02B$6.07B$5.41B$5.13B$4.77B
Gross profit$1.75B$1.88B$1.64B$1.31B$1.03B
Operating income$1.50B$1.61B$1.41B$1.12B$863.5M
Net income$1.30B$1.21B$1.23B$987.2M$746.1M
Diluted EPS$1.60$1.47$1.49$1.21$0.91

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.43B$1.84B$1.74B$1.70B$1.53B
Current assets$4.86B$4.16B$3.80B$3.55B$2.93B
Total assets$13.02B$12.65B$12.46B$11.38B$9.85B
Current liabilities$3.27B$3.87B$2.83B$2.38B$2.04B
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$3.42B$4.06B$3.97B$3.49B$2.17B
Total equity$9.60B$8.59B$8.49B$7.90B$7.68B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.71B$1.57B$1.88B$1.66B$1.13B
Capital expenditure$745.6M$713.5M$919.6M$1.02B$1.31B
Free cash flow$965.8M$852.3M$962.3M$639.6M$-178.9M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryTrucking & Courier Services (No Air)
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Oldest indexed filing2016
SEC CIK1677250

Selected SEC filings

20-F2026-04-17
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6-K2026-08-31
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6-K2026-08-24
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6-K2026-08-19
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6-K2026-08-17
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.