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The price of Landstar System, Inc (NASDAQ: LSTR) closed at $145.88 in the last session, down -0.46% from day before closing price of $146.55. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.46 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.18 million shares were traded. LSTR stock price reached its highest trading level at $148.41 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $142.51.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LSTR’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.77 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 22.72. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.03 and its Current Ratio is at 2.03. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.07.
On June 09, 2025, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $145.
Barclays Downgraded its Overweight to Equal Weight on June 09, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $145.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 06 ’24 when Todd James P sold 1,000 shares for $184.32 per share. The transaction valued at 184,320 led to the insider holds 14,083 shares of the business.
BANNISTER DAVID G/ sold 5,000 shares of LSTR for $885,000 on Nov 04 ’24. The Director now owns 24,645 shares after completing the transaction at $177.00 per share. On Nov 01 ’24, another insider, BANNISTER DAVID G/, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 5,000 shares for $176.37 each. As a result, the insider received 881,836 and left with 29,645 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LSTR now has a Market Capitalization of 5097951744 and an Enterprise Value of 4539091456. As of this moment, Landstar’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 28.93, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.01. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.43. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.06 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.943 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.153.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LSTR is 0.86, which has changed by -0.1909489 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LSTR has reached a high of $194.54, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $128.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.57%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LSTR traded on average about 379.35K shares per day over the past 3-months and 331600 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 34.95M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 34.58M. Insiders hold about 1.06% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.71% stake in the company. Shares short for LSTR as of 1749772800 were 1435392 with a Short Ratio of 3.78, compared to 1747267200 on 1262958. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1435392 and a Short% of Float of 4.65.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for LSTR is 1.47, which was 1.41 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.00962129The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.67. The current Payout Ratio is 25.03% for LSTR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-05 with an ex-dividend date of 1749081600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-01-10 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
