Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSTR – Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 28th, NASDAQ reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be paid a dividend of 0.36 per share by the transportation company on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 19th.
Landstar System has increased its dividend by an average of 16.8% per year over the last three years. Landstar System has a payout ratio of 19.9% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Landstar System to earn $7.40 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.44 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 19.5%.
Landstar System Trading Down 1.9 %
Shares of Landstar System stock traded down $3.50 on Wednesday, hitting $177.07. 545,198 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 260,428. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $183.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $182.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 2.17 and a quick ratio of 2.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.33 billion, a PE ratio of 26.93 and a beta of 0.80. Landstar System has a one year low of $163.37 and a one year high of $201.40.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
LSTR has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Landstar System from $147.00 to $145.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 8th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $160.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 31st. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $164.00 to $160.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 1st. UBS Group increased their target price on Landstar System from $184.00 to $186.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, TD Cowen cut their price target on Landstar System from $176.00 to $174.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $174.67.
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About Landstar System
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.
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