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

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.050-1.250 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.360. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.2 billion.

Landstar System Stock Up 0.3 %

LSTR opened at $167.48 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $177.67 and a 200 day moving average price of $182.26. Landstar System has a twelve month low of $163.18 and a twelve month high of $197.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.21 and a current ratio of 2.21. The firm has a market cap of $5.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.34 and a beta of 0.83.

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The transportation company reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.35 by ($0.04). Landstar System had a return on equity of 19.37% and a net margin of 4.07%. Research analysts forecast that Landstar System will post 6.7 EPS for the current year.

Landstar System Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.36 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.86%. Landstar System’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.09%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Landstar System from $184.00 to $177.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on Landstar System from $165.00 to $158.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Susquehanna lowered their price objective on Landstar System from $165.00 to $160.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Stephens lowered their price objective on Landstar System from $190.00 to $180.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, TD Cowen lowered their price objective on Landstar System from $176.00 to $174.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and twelve have given a hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Landstar System has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $171.27.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO James P. Todd sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.32, for a total transaction of $184,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 14,083 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,595,778.56. This trade represents a 6.63 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

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.