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

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.900-0.950 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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.

Landstar System Price Performance

LSTR stock opened at $151.93 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.52 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a quick ratio of 2.21, a current ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Landstar System has a 52-week low of $143.76 and a 52-week high of $196.86. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $157.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $172.99.

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The transportation company reported $1.31 earnings per share (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%. Equities research analysts expect that Landstar System will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

Landstar System Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a dividend of $0.36 per share. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. Landstar System’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.09%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LSTR has been the subject of several research reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $164.00 to $169.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Landstar System from $184.00 to $177.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Truist Financial initiated coverage on Landstar System in a report on Thursday, March 13th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $160.00 price objective on the stock. Susquehanna decreased their target price on Landstar System from $150.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Landstar System in a report on Friday, January 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and twelve have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $166.73.

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.