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Company snapshot — ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc

ZTO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
ZTO Express moves parcels and freight across China, running express delivery alongside less-than-truckload freight services, warehousing and distribution contracts, and freight forwarding. It was founded in 2002, is based in Shanghai, and listed in New York in 2016. Its customers are the merchants and manufacturers who need goods carried and stored across the country.
Where it sits in the stack
ZTO carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices for the AI build-out; it sits instead in the Industrials sleeve of the diary's broader universe, grouped by sector and country rather than by any build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for ZTO groups it with other US-listed Industrials names by sector and country, among them Cintas, Copart and Verisk Analytics; the market also names China's other listed couriers, such as SF Holding, as a direct comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
ZTO carries a Closelook score with valuation as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and has not yet drawn a mention in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent slide against its 50-day and 200-day averages steadies, since a score built on strong valuation but weak momentum can flip either way as price moves catch up with it.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc (ZTO) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 61/100 composite (momentum 30, quality 54, valuation 86) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ZTO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Integrated Freight & Logistics · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Integrated Freight & Logistics

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ZTO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.29%, semi-annual · buybacks 1.25 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ZTO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.69 USD per share · a 3.29% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +97.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.35 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.39 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-08
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.65 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.39 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 3.76 bn USD 7% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.25 bn USD 8.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.1% in FY2025 229 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 5.01 bn USD · 85% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.5% week · −6.7% month · −5.9% quarter · −3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc (ZTO)?

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc trades as ZTO on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is ZTO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc's Closelook composite score?

61 out of 100, with momentum 30, quality 54 and valuation 86 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ZTO trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.2% vs the 50-day and -8.6% vs the 200-day average, 19.3% below the 52-week high and +17.6% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 7 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc do?

ZTO Express moves parcels and freight across China, running express delivery alongside less-than-truckload freight services, warehousing and distribution contracts, and freight forwarding. It was founded in 2002, is based in Shanghai, and listed in New York in 2016. Its customers are the merchants and manufacturers who need goods carried and stored across the country. Closelook's peer group for ZTO groups it with other US-listed Industrials names by sector and country, among them Cintas, Copart and Verisk Analytics; the market also names China's other listed couriers, such as SF Holding, as a direct comparison.

Where does ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc sit in the AI build-out?

ZTO carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our indices for the AI build-out; it sits instead in the Industrials sleeve of the diary's broader universe, grouped by sector and country rather than by any build-out layer. ZTO carries a Closelook score with valuation as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and has not yet drawn a mention in the diary's editions.

Does ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc pay a dividend?

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc has paid 0.69 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.29% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.39 USD on 2026-04-08. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 3.76 bn USD in dividends and bought back 1.25 bn USD of its own shares, 85% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ZTO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Integrated Freight & Logistics, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.