ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc ADR (NYSE: ZTO) Recovers 24.69% From 52-Week Low, Is ZTO Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc ADR (NYSE:ZTO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.86M but it saw 5111011 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.85B USD, the company’s current market price of $19.82 came falling about -0.90 while comparing to the previous closing price of $20.00. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $27.50 and as low as $15.90. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $19.62 while lowest mark touched by it was $20.12.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc ADR (ZTO) gives us an average price of $22.08, while its current price level is -27.93% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 24.69% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $23.52 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $21.52. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.96% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.72%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 26.41 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.

BofA Securities downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on November 07, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $34-$28. Goldman issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $37 and $42.

Over the week, ZTO’s stock price is moving -5.26% down while it is -20.66% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -6.86% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -10.24%.

Currently, ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 606.77M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 13.77% and return on equity (ROE) at 14.45%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 13.87 while having a 10.65 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads -0.10. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.85 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.03. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.47% on average.