Zip Co Ltd ZIP

Morningstar Rating
A$2.08 +0.09 (4.26%)
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Company Report

Fast Growth Continues as Zip Chases Large US Opportunity

Zip has benefited from growth of e-commerce and those in younger demographics, who are either unable to access credit or view traditional credit cards as complicated and expensive. Signing up takes minutes, and the advantage of giving shoppers a way to smooth out expenditure has resulted in merchants reporting increased sales and fewer shoppers abandoning their purchases at checkout. Zip gets paid from merchants and customers. Integrated merchants that offer Zip as a payment option pay Zip a fee as a percentage of the purchase value, and when they use the Zip marketplace for promotions. Customers pay establishments fees, interest, monthly fees, and late fees. Customers tend to increase usage over time, as shoppers become more comfortable with the product, and Zip increases the customer's credit limit based on strong repayment history. This results in larger average spending per customer, a trend we expect to continue.

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Price
A$1.99
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Zip may scale fast in the US and build a strong enough network that it can maintain its market share in its target market for customers and merchants against larger BNPL providers.

Bears

Stricter credit regulations on BNPL could make it tougher to sign new customers and impede the company’s revenue growth.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
A$2.00
Day Range
A$2.00–2.09
52-Week Range
A$1.38–4.93
Bid/Ask
A$2.07 / A$2.08
Shares Outstanding
1.25B
Market Cap
A$2.59B
Volume/Avg
7M / 17M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
15.58
Price/Sales
1.92
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.00%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.00%
Dividend Payment Schedule
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Total Yield
5.85%

Company Profile

Zip is a credit provider operating two segments: Australia and the US. Founded in Australia in 2013, it has 6.5 million active customers and partners with over 95,000 merchants. In Australia, Zip positions itself as a credit card alternative, with several revolving credit products. Customers can carry the balance over time with a monthly fee and set their own repayment schedule. The US offering is a far more vanilla BNPL offering: Pay-in-Z allows customers to pay back in fixed installments. The US segment is built on the 2020 acquisition of QuadPay and has recently become Zip’s largest and fastest-growing segment.
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Credit Services
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
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Competitors

Valuation

Metric
ZIP
KLAR
PYPL
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
15.58—10.03
Price/Book Value
3.691.922.31
Price/Sales
1.921.211.44
Price/Cash Flow
—2.596.50
Price/Earnings
ZIP
KLAR
PYPL

Financial Strength

Metric
ZIP
KLAR
PYPL
Quick Ratio
1.171.031.25
Current Ratio
1.211.031.29
Interest Coverage
1.650.8112.75
Quick Ratio
ZIP
KLAR
PYPL

Profitability

Metric
ZIP
KLAR
PYPL
Return on Assets (Normalized)
3.53%< 0.01%7.54%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
19.56%0.03%30.25%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
9.59%13.82%19.54%
Return on Assets
ZIP
KLAR
PYPL

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