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LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC LSTR
LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC (LSTR) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.76% (safety: at-risk). FY2025 revenue was $4.7B at a 2.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Evercore ISI Group | In-Line (main) |
| 2026-06-25 | Barclays | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-06-17 | Baird | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-06-05 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-05-11 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-04-29 | JP Morgan | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.318 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 1.744 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.093 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.947 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSTR | LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC | 5/9 | 9.39 | 61.7 | -1.6% |
| ARCB | ARCBEST CORP /DE/ | 5/9 | 3.31 | 54.2 | -4% |
| ODFL | OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. | 5/9 | 8.25 | 44.4 | -5.5% |
| SNDR | Schneider National, Inc. | 7/9 | 3.85 | 61.3 | +7.3% |
| SAIA | SAIA INC | 6/9 | 6.12 | 45 | +0.8% |
| WERN | WERNER ENTERPRISES INC | 5/9 | 3.81 | — | -1.8% |
| KNX | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. | 5/9 | 2.28 | 188.8 | +0.8% |
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About LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC
Landstar System, Inc. provides transportation management solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Transportation Logistics and Insurance. The Transportation Logistics segment offers a range of transportation services, including truckload, less-than-truckload and other truck transportation, rail intermodal, air cargo, ocean cargo, expedited ground and air delivery of time-critical freight, heavy-haul/specialized, hazardous materials, cold chain/temperature-controlled, U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico cross-border, intra-Mexico, intra-Canada, project cargo, and customs brokerage services, as well as transportation services to other transportation companies, such as third party logistics and less-than-truckload service providers. This segment serves the automotive parts and assemblies, consumer durables, building products, metals, chemicals, foodstuffs, heavy machinery, retail, electronics, military equipment and general commodities industries. The Insurance segment provides risk and claims management services; and reinsures risks of its independent contractors. The company markets its services through a network of agents, third party capacity providers, and employees. Landstar System, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
FAQ
Is LSTR financially healthy?
LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does LSTR pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC pays a dividend yielding about 1.76% with a 108.5% payout ratio, rated “at-risk” for safety.
How profitable is LSTR?
In FY2025, LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC had a net margin of 2.4% and a return on equity of 14.5%.
Is LSTR overvalued or undervalued?
LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC trades at about 56.1× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 14.7×–45.1×, median 26.0×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for LSTR?
The average Wall-Street price target for LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC is $184.64, about 0.6% below the recent price, from 14 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is LSTR a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 61.7×, a dividend yield of 1.76%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-27. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.