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Landstar System (LSTR) Competitors

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$143.16 +0.62 (+0.43%)
As of 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LSTR vs. ARCB, HUBG, JBHT, MRTN, ODFL, WERN, HRI, KNX, SNDR, and UHAL

Should you be buying Landstar System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landstar System include ArcBest (ARCB), Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Marten Transport (MRTN), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Herc (HRI), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Schneider National (SNDR), and U-Haul (UHAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Landstar System vs. Its Competitors

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

ArcBest has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Landstar System's net margin of 3.72%. Landstar System's return on equity of 18.23% beat ArcBest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Landstar System3.72% 18.23% 10.15%
ArcBest 4.37%10.05%5.35%

Landstar System has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest 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$4.82B1.04$195.95M$5.0528.35
ArcBest$4.11B0.46$173.96M$7.5610.97

Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Landstar System pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 6.3% 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. Landstar System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, ArcBest had 1 more articles in the media than Landstar System. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ArcBest and 9 mentions for Landstar System. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Landstar System's score of 0.70 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Landstar System
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ArcBest
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Landstar System presently has a consensus target price of $151.31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.69%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $91.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.99%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ArcBest 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
ArcBest
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

98.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Landstar System shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Landstar System has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ArcBest beats Landstar System on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LSTR vs. The Competition

MetricLandstar SystemTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.98B$7.04B$7.11B$8.95B
Dividend Yield1.12%1.22%914.35%4.04%
P/E Ratio28.3536.3912.9120.11
Price / Sales1.041.60342.91119.81
Price / Cash19.929.897.4757.86
Price / Book5.203.662.115.56
Net Income$195.95M$167.24M$563.51M$248.40M
7 Day Performance-2.31%0.27%0.47%4.67%
1 Month Performance2.10%9.93%4.22%6.64%
1 Year Performance-17.36%4.98%5.17%21.31%

Landstar System Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSTR
Landstar System
4.1592 of 5 stars
$143.16
+0.4%
$151.31
+5.7%
-19.7%$4.98B$4.82B28.351,441Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ARCB
ArcBest
4.4364 of 5 stars
$77.01
+1.9%
$89.42
+16.1%
-23.5%$1.76B$4.18B10.1914,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HUBG
Hub Group
3.8227 of 5 stars
$33.43
-1.9%
$43.46
+30.0%
-15.9%$2.05B$3.86B19.666,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.5862 of 5 stars
$143.60
-1.2%
$163.15
+13.6%
-3.2%$14.24B$12.09B26.0633,646Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.0445 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.2%
$19.00
+46.3%
-22.8%$1.06B$937.19M48.113,776
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.5686 of 5 stars
$162.30
-0.8%
$176.35
+8.7%
-7.6%$34.30B$5.81B30.4523,500Analyst Forecast
WERN
Werner Enterprises
2.9865 of 5 stars
$27.36
-0.9%
$30.64
+12.0%
-17.3%$1.69B$3.03B94.349,287
HRI
Herc
3.1642 of 5 stars
$132.11
+0.5%
$139.20
+5.4%
+12.6%$3.76B$3.43B29.427,600Positive News
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.4756 of 5 stars
$44.21
-1.8%
$53.13
+20.2%
-4.6%$7.16B$7.41B47.0335,300Analyst Forecast
SNDR
Schneider National
4.0295 of 5 stars
$24.19
-1.1%
$27.14
+12.2%
+10.1%$4.24B$5.37B34.5619,400
UHAL
U-Haul
0.2697 of 5 stars
$60.51
-0.7%
N/A-0.7%$11.86B$5.83B28.0132,200

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This page (NASDAQ:LSTR) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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