Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR - Get Free Report) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.900-0.950 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.120. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.1 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on LSTR. TD Cowen lowered their price objective on Landstar System from $161.00 to $145.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Landstar System from $177.00 to $147.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $160.00 to $150.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Landstar System from $164.00 to $169.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Susquehanna lowered their price target on Landstar System from $150.00 to $130.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and twelve have given a hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $160.45.

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Landstar System Stock Performance

LSTR stock traded down $1.99 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $136.64. The stock had a trading volume of 562,916 shares, compared to its average volume of 278,414. Landstar System has a 52 week low of $132.41 and a 52 week high of $196.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.96, a quick ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $156.41 and a 200 day simple moving average of $172.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.75 and a beta of 0.88.

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The transportation company reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.35 by ($0.04). Landstar System had a return on equity of 19.56% and a net margin of 4.07%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Landstar System will post 6.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Landstar System Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a $0.36 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.05%. Landstar System's payout ratio is presently 26.09%.

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.