LSTR vs. SNDR, ARCB, JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, R, CAR, WERN, and MRTN
Should you be buying Landstar System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landstar System include Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), and Marten Transport (MRTN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Schneider National had 5 more articles in the media than Landstar System. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Schneider National and 1 mentions for Landstar System. Landstar System's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Schneider National's score of 0.87 indicating that Landstar System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Landstar System currently has a consensus target price of $183.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.39%. Schneider National has a consensus target price of $27.86, suggesting a potential upside of 24.42%. Given Schneider National's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schneider National is more favorable than Landstar System.
Landstar System received 79 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.
Landstar System has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schneider National. Schneider National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landstar System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Landstar System pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
98.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Schneider National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Landstar System has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.95%. Landstar System's return on equity of 23.11% beat Schneider National's return on equity.
Landstar System has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Landstar System beats Schneider National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LSTR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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