ARCBEST CORPORATION vs LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARCB and LSTR diverge most: on debt / equity, ARCB reads 0.17 and LSTR reads 0.00; on operating margin, ARCB reads 0.3% and LSTR reads 4.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ARCB's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What LSTR's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (segment-resolved basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ARCB | LSTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $154.03 | $200.28 |
| Market cap | $3.4B | $6.8B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 63.1 | 55.3 |
| P/B | 2.67 | 8.53 |
| P/S | 0.85 | 1.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 30.8 |
| Revenue growth | -1.5% | -0.8% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 15.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.6% | 15.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.47 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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