LSTR vs. KNX, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, ULH, SAIA, JBHT, SNDR, ARCB, and PAC
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), Heartland Express (HTLD), Universal Logistics (ULH), Saia (SAIA), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 262 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 52.30% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $185.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.81%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.75%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than Landstar System.
99.5% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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, Landstar System had 3 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Landstar System and 9 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Landstar System's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Knight-Swift Transportation's score of 0.59 indicating that Landstar System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Landstar System and Knight-Swift Transportation tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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