Landstar System (LSTR) Competitors

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts recommend SNDR or LSTR?

Schneider National currently has a consensus target price of $28.31, indicating a potential downside of 9.15%. Landstar System has a consensus target price of $174.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.86%. Given Landstar System's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Landstar System is more favorable than Schneider National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schneider National	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Landstar System	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Which has better valuation & earnings, SNDR or LSTR?

Landstar System has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Schneider National. Landstar System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Schneider National	$5.50B	0.99	$238.50M	$0.62	50.26
Landstar System	$4.81B	1.32	$264.39M	$5.83	30.77

Which has more volatility & risk, SNDR or LSTR?

Schneider National has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SNDR or LSTR more profitable?

Landstar System has a net margin of 4.32% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.10%. Landstar System's return on equity of 20.68% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schneider National	2.10%	3.92%	2.53%
Landstar System	4.32%	20.68%	11.77%

Does the media prefer SNDR or LSTR?

In the previous week, Landstar System had 22 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Landstar System and 5 mentions for Schneider National. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Landstar System's score of 0.65 indicating that Schneider National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schneider National	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Landstar System	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SNDR or LSTR?

Landstar System received 74 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.65% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 51.28% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 428 64.65%	Underperform Votes 234 35.35%
Landstar System	Outperform Votes 502 51.28%	Underperform Votes 477 48.72%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SNDR or LSTR?

28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Schneider National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SNDR or LSTR a better dividend stock?

Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Schneider National pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landstar System pays out 24.7% 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.

Summary

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