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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Trade

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The most recent trading session ended with ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM - Free Report) standing at $9.69, reflecting a -0.72% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.06% gain on the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.93%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 1.2%.

Heading into today, shares of the container shipping company had lost 11.27% over the past month, lagging the Transportation sector's loss of 4.12% and the S&P 500's loss of 3% in that time.

The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services in its forthcoming earnings report. In that report, analysts expect ZIM Integrated Shipping Services to post earnings of -$1.42 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 114.7%. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $1.32 billion, showing a 59.04% drop compared to the year-ago quarter.

For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of -$4.70 per share and revenue of $5.21 billion, which would represent changes of -112.26% and -58.51%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.

Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed a 16.72% decrease. Right now, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services possesses a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).

The Transportation - Shipping industry is part of the Transportation sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 90, placing it within the top 36% of over 250 industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the vigor of our specific industry groups by computing the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks incorporated in the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.


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