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

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. 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.

Landstar System Price Performance

Shares of LSTR opened at $151.93 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $157.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $172.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.96 and a quick ratio of 2.21. Landstar System has a 1-year low of $143.76 and a 1-year high of $196.86. The stock has a market cap of $5.37 billion, a PE ratio of 27.52 and a beta of 0.82.

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

Landstar System Dividend Announcement

The company 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. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. Landstar System’s payout ratio is currently 26.09%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. TD Cowen lowered their price target on Landstar System from $161.00 to $145.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus raised 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. Susquehanna dropped their price target on Landstar System from $150.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 26th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Landstar System in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Landstar System from $184.00 to $177.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and twelve have given a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $164.09.

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.