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HTLD vs LSTR
Side-by-side comparison of Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD) and Landstar System Inc. (LSTR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both HTLD and LSTR operate in Trucking Freight/Courier Services (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- LSTR is the larger of the two at $5.85B, about 6.8x HTLD ($860.7M).
- Over the past year, HTLD is up 33.3% and LSTR is up 32.1% - HTLD leads by 1.2 points.
- LSTR has hit the wire 1 time in the past 4 weeks while HTLD has been quiet.
- LSTR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 10 for HTLD).
- Company
- Heartland Express Inc.
- Landstar System Inc.
- Price
- $10.95-1.62%
- $171.87-0.53%
- Market cap
- $860.7M
- $5.85B
- 1M return
- -8.26%
- +0.36%
- 1Y return
- +33.31%
- +32.10%
- Industry
- Trucking Freight/Courier Services
- Trucking Freight/Courier Services
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1986
- 1993
- News (4w)
- 0
- 1
- Recent ratings
- 10
- 25
Heartland Express Inc.
Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. It primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload service for shippers from Washington to Florida and New England to California; and temperature-controlled truckload services. The company offers its services under Heartland Express and Millis Transfer brand names. It provides traffic appliances, automotive parts, consumer products, paper products, packaged foodstuffs, and retail goods. The company principally serves retailers and manufacturers. Heartland Express, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.
Landstar System Inc.
Landstar System, Inc. provides integrated transportation management solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The company 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 service providers. It provides truck services through dry and specialty vans of various sizes, unsided/platform trailers, temperature-controlled vans, and containers; rail intermodal services through contracts with domestic and Canadian railroads; and air and ocean services through contracts with domestic and international airlines and ocean lines. This segment serves the automotive parts and assemblies, consumer durables, building products, metals, chemicals, foodstuffs, heavy machinery, retail, electronics, and military equipment industries. The Insurance segment reinsures certain risks of the company's independent contractors. The company markets its services through independent commission sales agents and third party capacity providers. Landstar System, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Latest HTLD
- Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
- Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conference
- Heartland Express Inc. Earns 21st Quest for Quality Award
- Heartland Express Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
- Director Pratt James G was granted 5,000 shares (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Heartland Express Inc.
- Heartland Express Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Heartland Express, Inc. Reports Net Income and Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2026
- Director Millis David Paul sold $492,091 worth of shares (31,402 units at $15.67), decreasing direct ownership by 53% to 28,387 units (SEC Form 4)
- Heartland Express Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
Latest LSTR
- Landstar to Release Third Quarter Results on Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- New insider Dugas Vallie S claimed ownership of 645 shares (SEC Form 3)
- Landstar Appoints Vallie Dugas as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
- VP, Chief Commercial Officer Clement William C was granted 4,924 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Landstar System upgraded by Wolfe Research with a new price target
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Clement William C
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Landstar System Inc.
- TD Cowen reiterated coverage on Landstar System with a new price target
- Landstar System Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Results of Operations and Financial Condition
- Landstar System Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $1.432B and Earnings per Share of $1.44