Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM): A Great Stock For Handling Current Market Conditions?

BlackRock Fund Advisors recently announced the acquisition of new stake in Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (NYSE:ZIM). The institutional investor has increased its shareholding in the Industrials company by 1.03% to 2.07 million shares with purchase of 21180.0 shares. This fresh investment now brings its stake to 1.72% valued currently at $16.02 million. In addition, Citadel Securities LLC raised its holdings by 77930.0 to 1.73 million shares. And Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has lifted its position by 14.90% or 0.17 million shares – to 1.33 million shares.

With over 4.47 million Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM) shares trading Tuesday and a closing price of $7.29 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $32.6 million. The shares have shown a negative half year performance of -47.33% and its price on 12/05/23 lost nearly -9.55%. Currently, there are 120.15M common shares owned by the public and among those 95.33M shares have been available to trade.

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An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 7 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for ZIM have a consensus price objective of $7.59. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $14.50 and a low of $5.00. The average price target is 3.95% above its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -45.8% over that period. But an upside of 49.72% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $6.40.

The top 3 mutual fund holders in Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd are Mackenzie Global Equity Income Fu, Avantis International Small Cap V, and Government Pension Fund – Global. Mackenzie Global Equity Income Fu owns 1.27 million shares of the company’s stock, all valued at over $9.87 million. Government Pension Fund – Global bought 0.4 million shares to bring its total holdings to over 0.74 million shares at a value of $5.76 million. Government Pension Fund – Global now owns shares totaling to 0.62% of the shares outstanding.

Shares of Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (NYSE: ZIM) opened at $7.87, down -$0.19 from a prior closing price of $8.06. However, the script later moved the day high at 7.90, down -9.55%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 10.62% and -37.69% over the past three months. ZIM shares are trading -57.59% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -62.42% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $6.39 and touched a high of $25.12 over the same period. ZIM has an average intraday trading volume of 2.91 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 0.24%, -13.41%, and -48.86% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (NYSE: ZIM) shares accounts for 19.06% of the company’s 120.15M shares outstanding. Mutual fund holders own 11.88%, while other institutional holders and individual stakeholders account for 7.16% and — respectively.

It has a market capitalization of $876.11M and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.76. The earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at -$17.75. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 8.42% over the week and 6.60% over the month.

Analysts forecast that Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM) will achieve an EPS of -$1.32 for the current quarter, -$1.52 for the next quarter and -$4.54 for 2024. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is -$1.94 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of -$0.5. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $3.44 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -152.81%, and 71.88% over the next financial year.

If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 7 brokerage firm advisors rate Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (ZIM) as a “Hold” at a consensus score of 3.43. Specifically, 0 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 5 of the 7 advise that investors “hold,” and 1 rated it as a “Sell.”

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