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Landstar System (LSTR) Competitors

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$134.15 -0.87 (-0.64%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LSTR vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, R, CAR, HTZ, WERN, MRTN, and HTLD

Should you be buying Landstar System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landstar System include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.

Landstar System vs.

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Landstar System had 25 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Landstar System and 20 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Landstar System's score of 0.45 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Landstar System
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Landstar System presently has a consensus price target of $155.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.04%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $162.20, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Landstar System.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Landstar System
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Landstar System pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.9% 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. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Landstar System. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landstar System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Landstar System$4.82B0.97$195.95M$5.5224.30
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.06B1.08$570.89M$5.5123.70

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Landstar System's net margin of 4.07%. Landstar System's return on equity of 19.56% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Landstar System4.07% 19.56% 11.08%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 4.72%14.05%6.83%

Landstar System has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 247 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.12% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 50.55% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Landstar SystemOutperform Votes
502
50.55%
Underperform Votes
491
49.45%
J.B. Hunt Transport ServicesOutperform Votes
749
59.12%
Underperform Votes
518
40.88%

97.9% of Landstar System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Landstar System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Landstar System on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LSTR vs. The Competition

MetricLandstar SystemTrucking, except local IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.69B$5.20B$285.96B$7.83B
Dividend Yield1.03%1.38%4.04%4.21%
P/E Ratio24.3020.7713.1118.48
Price / Sales0.971.08212.07103.59
Price / Cash22.1910.0711.5434.62
Price / Book4.872.181.794.25
Net Income$195.95M$207.92M$512.32M$248.23M
7 Day Performance-2.98%5.77%2.37%3.29%
1 Month Performance-8.97%-6.34%-2.56%2.42%
1 Year Performance-23.08%-29.75%-9.93%5.54%

Landstar System Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSTR
Landstar System
4.2087 of 5 stars
$134.15
-0.6%
$155.67
+16.0%
-23.1%$4.69B$4.82B24.301,450
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8379 of 5 stars
$127.12
-1.6%
$162.20
+27.6%
-19.7%$12.71B$12.09B22.8637,200Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
0.4663 of 5 stars
$59.03
-2.6%
N/A-3.1%$11.57B$5.69B27.3332,200News Coverage
SAIA
Saia
3.9398 of 5 stars
$326.66
-2.4%
$484.39
+48.3%
-38.5%$8.70B$3.21B24.1812,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.7488 of 5 stars
$38.61
-2.0%
$55.93
+44.9%
-15.3%$6.25B$7.41B52.8928,500
R
Ryder System
3.9279 of 5 stars
$134.39
-3.0%
$157.00
+16.8%
+12.6%$5.61B$12.71B12.1248,300High Trading Volume
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.396 of 5 stars
$80.66
-4.6%
$121.33
+50.4%
-3.0%$2.84B$11.62B-1.5624,500News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.4531 of 5 stars
$7.83
-5.0%
$4.12
-47.4%
+49.9%$2.41B$9.05B-0.8427,000Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.7488 of 5 stars
$28.10
-0.7%
$34.71
+23.5%
-27.9%$1.74B$3.03B51.0914,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.2426 of 5 stars
$13.29
+0.2%
$19.33
+45.5%
-24.1%$1.08B$963.71M39.094,580Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
HTLD
Heartland Express
4.0881 of 5 stars
$8.25
-0.4%
$10.33
+25.3%
-23.5%$647.87M$1.05B-22.303,180Earnings Report
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:LSTR) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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