Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSTR) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ:LSTRGet Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the twelve brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have assigned a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $176.09.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on LSTR. Raymond James lowered their target price on shares of Landstar System from $205.00 to $195.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Landstar System from $171.00 to $176.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Wolfe Research lowered Landstar System from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Landstar System from $182.00 to $188.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Landstar System from $160.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st.

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Landstar System Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LSTR opened at $181.64 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.50 billion, a PE ratio of 27.94 and a beta of 0.80. Landstar System has a fifty-two week low of $162.40 and a fifty-two week high of $201.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 2.17 and a current ratio of 2.17. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $183.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $182.43.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Landstar System by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,480,039 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $670,812,000 after acquiring an additional 25,387 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its position in shares of Landstar System by 415.1% during the first quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 5,223 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,007,000 after buying an additional 4,209 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its holdings in Landstar System by 36.5% during the first quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 16,177 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $3,118,000 after buying an additional 4,327 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its position in Landstar System by 17.9% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 72,248 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $13,926,000 after buying an additional 10,978 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC lifted its stake in Landstar System by 125.4% during the 1st quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 12,796 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,467,000 after acquiring an additional 7,118 shares in the last quarter. 97.95% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Landstar System Company Profile

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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.

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