J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. vs LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where JBHT and LSTR diverge most: on revenue growth, JBHT reads +5.5% and LSTR reads -0.8%; on debt / equity, JBHT reads 0.31 and LSTR reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What JBHT'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 | JBHT | LSTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $288.32 | $200.28 |
| Market cap | $27.4B | $6.8B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 41.0 | 55.3 |
| P/B | 7.49 | 8.53 |
| P/S | 2.16 | 1.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0 | 30.8 |
| Revenue growth | +5.5% | -0.8% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 18.4% | 15.6% |
| Return on assets | 8.5% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.8% | 15.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.76 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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