Landstar System (LSTR) Competitors

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer SNDR or LSTR?

Schneider National presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.56%. Landstar System has a consensus price target of $183.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Given Landstar System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Schneider National is more favorable than Landstar System.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schneider National	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Landstar System	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is SNDR or LSTR more profitable?

Landstar System has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Landstar System's net margin of 2.95%. Schneider National's return on equity of 23.11% beat Landstar System's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schneider National	2.95%	5.55%	3.61%
Landstar System	4.63%	23.11%	12.89%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SNDR or LSTR?

Landstar System has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Schneider National. Schneider National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landstar System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Schneider National	$5.50B	0.72	$238.50M	$0.88	25.55
Landstar System	$5.04B	1.29	$264.39M	$6.50	28.00

Is SNDR or LSTR a better dividend stock?

Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Schneider National pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landstar System pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Schneider National has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Landstar System has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Does the media favor SNDR or LSTR?

In the previous week, Landstar System had 1 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Landstar System and 3 mentions for Schneider National. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Landstar System's score of 0.64 indicating that Landstar System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schneider National	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Landstar System	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SNDR or LSTR?

Schneider National has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SNDR or LSTR?

28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Landstar System shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of Schneider National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Landstar System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNDR or LSTR?

Landstar System received 79 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.73% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 422 65.73%	Underperform Votes 220 34.27%
Landstar System	Outperform Votes 501 52.13%	Underperform Votes 460 47.87%

Summary

Landstar System beats Schneider National on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.