Landstar System - LSTR Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Landstar System in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 9 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" LSTR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LSTR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Landstar System's stock. Their LSTR share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $190.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $162.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price.
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Landstar System's stock was trading at $179.02 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LSTR shares have decreased by 12.2% and is now trading at $157.11.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSTR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 20th. The transportation company reported $3.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.25 by $0.20. The transportation company earned $1.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.02 billion. Landstar System had a net margin of 5.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 51.73%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 25.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.40 earnings per share.

Landstar System announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, August 26th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 5th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.77%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 10.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LSTR will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Landstar System updated its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.75-$2.85 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.80 billion-$1.85 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.77 billion.

45 employees have rated Landstar System Chief Executive Officer Jim B. Gattoni on Glassdoor.com. Jim B. Gattoni has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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Landstar System trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LSTR."

Landstar System's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.28%), Royce & Associates LP (1.25%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.88%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.72%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.66%) and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.62%). Insiders that own company stock include Diana M Murphy, Dr Homaira Akbari, James B Gattoni, Joseph J Beacom, L Kevin Stout, Larry J Thoele and Michael K Kneller.
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One share of LSTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $157.11.

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) has a market capitalization of $5.72 billion and generates $6.54 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $381.52 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.96 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,399 workers across the globe.

Landstar System was founded in 1988.

Landstar System's mailing address is 13410 SUTTON PARK DRIVE SOUTH, JACKSONVILLE FL, 32224. The official website for the company is www.landstar.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (904) 398-9400, via email at staylor@landstar.com, or via fax at 904-390-1437.