Freight delivery company Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 1.6% year on year to $1.16 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.95 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
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The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how ground transportation stocks fared in Q1, starting with Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR).
Freight delivery company Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales fell by 1.9% year on year to $1.15 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.85 per share was 5.7% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the ground transportation industry, including Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) and its peers.
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Over the past six months, Landstar’s stock price fell to $151.87. Shareholders have lost 18.8% of their capital, disappointing when considering the S&P 500 was flat. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
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Freight delivery company Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) reported Q4 CY2024 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, but sales were flat year on year at $1.21 billion. Its GAAP profit of $1.31 per share was 2.5% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR) and the best and worst performers in the ground transportation industry.
