Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) Issues Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.04 EPS

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by ($0.04), Zacks reports. Landstar System had a return on equity of 19.37% and a net margin of 4.07%. Landstar System updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.050-1.250 EPS.

Landstar System Stock Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ:LSTR traded down $0.43 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $166.51. 22,939 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 314,134. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $177.67 and a 200 day moving average price of $182.26. The firm has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.22 and a beta of 0.83. Landstar System has a fifty-two week low of $163.18 and a fifty-two week high of $197.16. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Landstar System Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a $0.36 dividend. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. Landstar System’s dividend payout ratio is 26.09%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO James P. Todd sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.32, for a total value of $184,320.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 14,083 shares in the company, valued at $2,595,778.56. This represents a 6.63 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LSTR has been the subject of several recent research reports. Raymond James lowered shares of Landstar System from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. UBS Group lifted their price target on Landstar System from $184.00 to $186.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Landstar System from $184.00 to $177.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $165.00 to $160.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Landstar System from $164.00 to $169.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and twelve have issued a hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $171.27.

Landstar System Company Profile

Landstar System, Inc provides integrated transportation management solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Transportation Logistics and Insurance. The Transportation Logistics segment offers a range of transportation services, including truckload and less-than-truckload transportation, rail intermodal, air cargo, ocean cargo, expedited ground and air delivery of time-critical freight, heavy-haul/specialized, U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico cross-border, intra-Mexico, intra-Canada, project cargo, and customs brokerage, as well as offers transportation services to other transportation companies, such as third party logistics and less-than-truckload services.