LSTR vs. KNX, WERN, MRTN, ULH, HTLD, SAIA, JBHT, SNDR, ARCB, and GXO
Should you be buying Landstar System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landstar System include Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Universal Logistics (ULH), Heartland Express (HTLD), Saia (SAIA), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), and GXO Logistics (GXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) and Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Landstar System pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 48.1% 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 a net margin of 4.99% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 3.04%. Landstar System's return on equity of 26.73% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.
Landstar System presently has a consensus price target of $184.55, suggesting a potential upside of 8.04%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus price target of $57.77, suggesting a potential upside of 19.95%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than Landstar System.
Landstar System has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Knight-Swift Transportation. Landstar System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Knight-Swift Transportation had 19 more articles in the media than Landstar System. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation and 6 mentions for Landstar System. Landstar System's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Knight-Swift Transportation's score of -0.15 indicating that Landstar System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.9% of Landstar System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Landstar System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held 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.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 268 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.
Landstar System has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Knight-Swift Transportation beats Landstar System on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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