Landstar System (LSTR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend LSTR or JBHT?

Landstar System presently has a consensus target price of $150.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.60%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus target price of $161.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	14 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, LSTR or JBHT?

Landstar System has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LSTR or JBHT more profitable?

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 System	4.07%	19.56%	11.08%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	4.72%	14.05%	6.83%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LSTR or JBHT?

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

Is LSTR or JBHT a better dividend stock?

Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.60 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 1.2%. Landstar System pays out 31.7% 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. Landstar System has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LSTR or JBHT?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 248 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.10% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 50.30% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Landstar System	Outperform Votes 502 50.30%	Underperform Votes 496 49.70%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	Outperform Votes 750 59.10%	Underperform Votes 519 40.90%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LSTR or JBHT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Landstar System	$4.80B	1.04	$195.95M	$5.05	28.40
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	$12.06B	1.19	$570.89M	$5.51	26.35

Does the media prefer LSTR or JBHT?

In the previous week, Landstar System had 9 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Landstar System and 6 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Landstar System's score of 0.73 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Landstar System on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.