The earnings call presented a mixed picture with significant growth in parcel volume and cost efficiency gains, but these were offset by intensified price competition, declining ASP, and gross profit challenges. Despite the competitive pressures, ZTO Express maintains a strategic focus on service quality and long-term growth.

Company Guidance

During the first quarter of 2025, ZTO Express reported a strong performance with a parcel volume of 8.5 billion, marking a 19.1% increase year-over-year, and an adjusted net income of CNY 2.3 billion, up 1.6% from the previous year. Despite the express delivery industry experiencing a 21.6% growth in parcel volume, ZTO remained focused on service quality and volume growth amid intensifying price competition and a rise in lower-value parcels. The company achieved a CNY 0.12 positive shift in ASP for core express services and a decrease of CNY 0.09 in unit transportation and sorting costs year-over-year. ZTO aims to maintain high-quality service, outpace industry volume growth, and achieve a reasonable profit level by enhancing network collaboration, strengthening last-mile capabilities, optimizing revenue mix, and leveraging digitization and data analytics. For the full year of 2025, ZTO reiterated its parcel volume guidance of 40.8 billion to 42.2 billion, indicating a 20% to 24% increase year-over-year.

Parcel Volume Growth

ZTO Express achieved a total parcel volume of 8.5 billion in Q1 2025, marking a 19.1% year-over-year increase.

Retail Parcel and Reverse Logistics Surge

Retail parcel volume increased 46% year-over-year, and reverse logistics volumes surged over 150% in the first quarter.

Cost Efficiency Gains

Unit transportation and sorting costs decreased by CNY 0.09 year-over-year, with line-haul transportation costs down 13.2% and sorting costs down 10.4%.

Adjusted Net Income Increase

Adjusted net income reached CNY 2.3 billion, a year-over-year increase of 1.6%.

ZTO Express (ZTO) Earnings, Revenues Date & History

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ZTO Earnings History

Report Date	Fiscal Quarter	Forecast / EPS	Last Year's EPS	EPS YoY Change	Slides	Play Transcript
Nov 25, 2025	2025 (Q3)	0.34 / -	0.405	―	―	―
Aug 20, 2025	2025 (Q2)	0.40 / 0.33	0.442	-25.00% (-0.11)
May 20, 2025	2025 (Q1)	0.41 / 0.34	0.245	39.43% (+0.10)
Mar 18, 2025	2024 (Q4)	0.46 / 0.40	0.372	8.65% (+0.03)
Nov 19, 2024	2024 (Q3)	0.40 / 0.41	0.397	2.11% (<+0.01)
Aug 20, 2024	2024 (Q2)	0.45 / 0.44	0.429	2.93% (+0.01)
May 15, 2024	2024 (Q1)	0.32 / 0.24	0.284	-13.79% (-0.04)
Mar 19, 2024	2023 (Q4)	0.38 / 0.37	0.365	1.92% (<+0.01)
Nov 16, 2023	2023 (Q3)	0.38 / 0.40	0.331	19.83% (+0.07)
Aug 29, 2023	2023 (Q2)	0.39 / 0.43	0.312	37.67% (+0.12)

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ZTO Earnings-Related Price Changes

Report Date	Price 1 Day Before	Price 1 Day After	Percentage Change
Aug 20, 2025	$19.53	$19.08	-2.30%
May 20, 2025	$17.50	$17.03	-2.69%
Mar 18, 2025	$20.89	$21.34	+2.15%
Nov 19, 2024	$20.64	$19.62	-4.94%

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FAQ

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ZTO Express (ZTO) is schdueled to report earning on Nov 25, 2025, After Close (Confirmed).

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ZTO EPS forecast for the fiscal quarter 2025 (Q3) is 0.34.

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