Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) Vs. ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, CAR, KNX, SAIA, R, WERN, MRTN, and HTLD
Should you be buying Landstar System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Landstar System include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), AMERCO (UHAL), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Landstar System vs.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landstar System pays out 18.9% 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. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Landstar System has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
72.7% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Landstar System shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Landstar System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Landstar System. Landstar System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J.B. Hunt Transport Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 168 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 55.49% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus target price of $183.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.21%. Landstar System has a consensus target price of $160.69, indicating a potential downside of 7.89%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Landstar System.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 28 more articles in the media than Landstar System. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 24 mentions for Landstar System. Landstar System's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.57 indicating that Landstar System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Landstar System has a net margin of 5.66% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 5.57%. Landstar System's return on equity of 41.25% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Landstar System on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Landstar System Competitors List
