ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) closed at $16.96 in the latest trading session, marking a -2.58% move from the prior day. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.03%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.03%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 0.01%.
Heading into today, shares of the container shipping company had gained 11.67% over the past month, outpacing the Transportation sector's loss of 1.36% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.46%.
Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on August 20, 2025. The company's upcoming EPS is projected at $1.5, signifying a 51.30% drop compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $1.77 billion, showing a 8.51% drop compared to the year-ago quarter.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $2.83 per share and a revenue of $7.01 billion, indicating changes of -84.12% and -16.82%, respectively, from the former year.
It's also important for investors to be aware of any recent modifications to analyst estimates for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 27.14% higher. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
Digging into valuation, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 6.16. This denotes a discount relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 10.23.
Also, we should mention that ZIM has a PEG ratio of 0.23. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. The average PEG ratio for the Transportation - Shipping industry stood at 0.61 at the close of the market yesterday.
The Transportation - Shipping industry is part of the Transportation sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 153, putting it in the bottom 39% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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