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Landstar System (LSTR) Competitors

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$141.10 -1.83 (-1.28%)
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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Landstar System has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Landstar System presently has a consensus price target of $150.42, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $162.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.71%. 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)
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

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%

In the previous week, Landstar System had 5 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Landstar System and 22 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Landstar System's score of 0.56 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and 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 received 248 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Landstar SystemOutperform Votes
502
50.40%
Underperform Votes
494
49.60%
J.B. Hunt Transport ServicesOutperform Votes
750
59.15%
Underperform Votes
518
40.85%

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$4.80B1.04$195.95M$5.0528.30
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.06B1.19$570.89M$5.5126.32

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Landstar System on 16 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$4.99B$5.77B$285.17B$8.48B
Dividend Yield1.01%1.28%3.78%4.11%
P/E Ratio25.8924.8914.0520.05
Price / Sales1.041.19276.58116.47
Price / Cash22.1910.0711.5434.62
Price / Book5.192.411.954.61
Net Income$195.95M$207.92M$512.32M$248.19M
7 Day Performance0.34%-5.04%-0.40%2.97%
1 Month Performance5.46%8.50%12.98%16.58%
1 Year Performance-20.12%-22.88%-9.11%8.16%

Landstar System Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSTR
Landstar System
3.9369 of 5 stars
$141.10
-1.3%
$150.42
+6.6%
-21.6%$4.93B$4.80B25.571,450
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.6634 of 5 stars
$148.72
+9.7%
$162.20
+9.1%
-11.6%$14.75B$12.06B26.7537,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
UHAL
U-Haul
0.5816 of 5 stars
$66.79
+4.6%
N/A-6.5%$13.10B$5.69B30.9232,200Analyst Forecast
SAIA
Saia
4.0073 of 5 stars
$292.91
+12.4%
$342.58
+17.0%
-30.3%$7.80B$3.24B21.6812,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.2031 of 5 stars
$46.72
+10.1%
$50.60
+8.3%
-6.6%$7.57B$7.41B64.0128,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
R
Ryder System
3.5778 of 5 stars
$156.75
+8.1%
$160.50
+2.4%
+22.6%$6.48B$12.73B14.1348,300Positive News
CAR
Avis Budget Group
2.3877 of 5 stars
$103.76
-0.4%
$117.00
+12.8%
-5.3%$3.65B$11.62B-2.0024,500Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.711 of 5 stars
$6.94
+3.3%
$4.12
-40.7%
+23.0%$2.14B$9.05B-0.7427,000Insider Trade
WERN
Werner Enterprises
2.7769 of 5 stars
$28.18
+7.5%
$29.69
+5.4%
-26.9%$1.74B$2.97B51.2414,300Gap Up
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.1839 of 5 stars
$13.95
+6.3%
$19.33
+38.6%
-25.1%$1.14B$937.19M41.034,580Positive News
Gap Up
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.8495 of 5 stars
$8.91
+5.3%
$10.00
+12.2%
-21.3%$699.70M$996.61M-24.083,180Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:LSTR) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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