ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. ( ZTO ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 18, 2026 8:30 PM EDT Company Participants Sophie Li - Investor Relations Director Meisong Lai - Founder, Chairman & CEO Huiping Yan - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Steve Qiu - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Qianlei Fan - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Aaron Luo - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and welcome to the ZTO to announce Second Quarter and Half Year 2026 financial results. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Sophie Li, Company Secretary. Please go ahead. Sophie Li Investor Relations Director Thank you, Chuck. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. The company's results and investor relations presentation were released earlier today and are available on the company's IR website at ir.zto.com. On the call today from ZTO are Mr. Meisong Lai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Mrs. Huiping Yan, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lai will give a brief overview of the company's business operations and highlights, followed by Mrs. Yan, who will go through the financials and guidance. They will both be available to answer your questions during the Q&A session that follows. I remind you that this call may contain forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the company's control, which may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding