Frontline plc vs ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Crude tankers versus container liners, two shipping cycles that rarely peak together. Frontline runs the higher net margin, 19.23% against ZIM's 6.97%, and looks like it's in a healthier part of its cycle. ZIM, by contrast, trades below the value of its own equity, 0.77 times book and 6.43 times earnings, cheaper than Frontline's 3.15 times book and 20.89 times earnings. On cash, ZIM's free-cash-flow yield of 18.64% tops Frontline's 8.47%, but container earnings are the more violent of the two. Frontline is the mid-cycle tanker returning cash steadily; ZIM is the beaten-down box carrier priced for a freight trough. Both cyclical, on separate clocks.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | FRO | ZIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $38.11 | $23.98 |
| Market cap | $8.5B | $2.9B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 22.4 | 6.0 |
| P/B | 3.38 | 0.72 |
| P/S | 4.30 | 0.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 0.8 |
| Revenue growth | +31.9% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | 30.4% | 14.7% |
| Net margin | 19.2% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.5% | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | 7.9% | 79.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.47 | 1.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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