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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.900-0.950 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on LSTR shares. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Landstar System in a report on Thursday. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on Landstar System from $150.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 26th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on 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. reduced 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. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $160.00 to $150.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and twelve have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Landstar System has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $160.45.

Landstar System Trading Down 1.4 %

NASDAQ LSTR opened at $136.64 on Friday. Landstar System has a 12 month low of $132.41 and a 12 month high of $196.86. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $156.41 and a 200 day simple moving average of $172.43. 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 company has a market capitalization of $4.83 billion, a PE ratio of 24.75 and a beta of 0.82.

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The transportation company reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by ($0.04). Landstar System had a net margin of 4.07% and a return on equity of 19.56%. Research analysts forecast that Landstar System will post 6.1 EPS for the current year.

Landstar System Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a dividend of $0.36 per share. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. Landstar System’s payout ratio is presently 26.09%.

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.