ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. had return on equity of 11.9%, an operating margin of 14.7%, debt equal to 2.2% of equity and a current ratio of 1.23. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Gross margin	4.6%	8.0%	21.7%	56.5%	51.2%	−42.8%	33.0%	19.1%
Operating margin	−0.7%	4.6%	18.1%	54.2%	48.8%	−48.6%	30.0%	14.7%
Net margin	−3.9%	−0.6%	13.0%	43.3%	36.8%	−52.2%	25.5%	6.9%
Return on equity	—	—	—	191.0%	88.1%	−64.6%	66.2%	11.9%
Return on assets	—	−0.9%	21.8%	73.3%	43.0%	−27.0%	21.8%	4.3%
Asset turnover	—	1.71	1.68	1.69	1.17	0.52	0.85	0.62
Current ratio	—	0.68	1.04	1.84	1.60	1.02	1.25	1.23
Debt to equity	—	—	246.2%	5.5%	3.2%	5.0%	2.7%	2.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	1.0x	4.8x	34.4x	27.3x	n/m	5.4x	2.1x
Effective tax rate	—	—	3.1%	17.9%	23.2%	—	2.3%	26.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · December 31, 2025

What it owns · $11.0bn

Short-term assets $2.6bnLonger-term assets $8.4bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $11.0bn

Short-term liabilities $2.1bnLonger-term liabilities $4.8bnShareholders' equity $4.0bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.6bn of assets due within a year against $2.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.6bn short-term assets against $4.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $1.1bn of cash against $79m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 2% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 194% to 2% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.3bn of operating cash flow against $79m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.0bn against $475m of interest.

From ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

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Figures from ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.