Why ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) Surged Today

We recently published a list of 10 Stocks That Stole the Show Today. In this article, we are going to take a look at where ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE:ZIM) stands against other stocks that stole the show today.

Ten mid-cap companies from diverse sectors stood out on Monday, outperforming the lackluster performance of major indices, thanks to a flurry of corporate developments that sparked investor appetite.

While the firms boasted between 5 and 14 percent gains, the Dow Jones rose by only 0.32 percent, while the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq each inched up by 0.09 percent and 0.02 percent, respectively.

In this article, we list the names of the top-performing stocks and detail the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE:ZIM)

ZIM Integrated grew its share prices by 5.67 percent on Monday to end at $19.37 apiece following an impressive earnings performance in the past quarter of the year.

In its earnings release, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE:ZIM) said that net income attributable to shareholders soared by 227 percent to $295.3 million from $90.3 million in the same period last year, as revenues increased by 28 percent to $2 billion from $1.56 billion year-on-year.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE:ZIM), however, posted a cautiously optimistic outlook for the rest of the year, reaffirming its target adjusted EBITDA of $1.6 billion to $2.2 billion, and adjusted EBIT worth $350 million to $950 million.

“The operating environment is highly uncertain, driven by a range of factors impacting global trade and economic expectations,” said President and CEO Eli Glickman.

But “we are confident that we have built a resilient business and will continue to benefit from the strategic investment in our fleet with larger, more modern, cost-effective capacity, approximately 40 percent of which is LNG-fueled. Supported by our lower cost base, we believe ZIM is well positioned to drive profitable growth over the long term,” he added.

Overall, ZIM ranks 9th on our list of stocks that stole the show today. While we acknowledge the potential of ZIM as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that has gone up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks have lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than ZIM but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires.

Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.