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LSTR vs MRTN
Side-by-side comparison of Landstar System Inc. (LSTR) and Marten Transport Ltd. (MRTN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both LSTR and MRTN operate in Trucking Freight/Courier Services (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- LSTR is the larger of the two at $7.65B, about 5.2x MRTN ($1.48B).
- Over the past year, LSTR is up 60.8% and MRTN is up 37.5% - LSTR leads by 23.3 points.
- LSTR has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while MRTN has been quiet.
- LSTR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for MRTN).
- Company
- Landstar System Inc.
- Marten Transport Ltd.
- Price
- $225.42+3.44%
- $18.11+2.09%
- Market cap
- $7.65B
- $1.48B
- 1M return
- +23.87%
- +19.73%
- 1Y return
- +60.81%
- +37.55%
- Industry
- Trucking Freight/Courier Services
- Trucking Freight/Courier Services
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1993
- 1986
- News (4w)
- 2
- 0
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 8
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.
Marten Transport Ltd.
Marten Transport, Ltd. operates as a temperature-sensitive truckload carrier for shippers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates through four segments: Truckload, Dedicated, Intermodal, and Brokerage. The Truckload segment transports food and other consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-controlled or insulated environment. The Dedicated segment offers customized transportation solutions for individual customers' requirements using temperature-controlled trailers, dry vans, and other specialized equipment. The Intermodal segment transports customers' freight utilizing its temperature-controlled trailers on railroad flatcars for portions of trips, as well as using tractors and contracted carriers. The Brokerage segment develops contractual relationships with and arranges for third-party carriers to transport freight for customers in temperature-controlled trailers and dry vans. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated a fleet of 3,331 tractors, including 3,188 company-owned tractors and 143 tractors supplied by independent contractors. Marten Transport, Ltd. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Mondovi, Wisconsin.
Latest LSTR
- Director Murphy Diana M sold $2,488,525 worth of shares (11,246 units at $221.28), decreasing direct ownership by 37% to 18,853 units (SEC Form 4)
- Landstar Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision
- Director White Teresa L was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 22% to 4,658 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Scanlon George P was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 10% to 9,483 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Murphy Diana M was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 30,099 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Liang James L was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 22% to 4,658 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Hart Melanie M was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 128% to 1,470 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Blanton Jonathan Barr was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 128% to 1,470 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bannister David G/ was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 26,513 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Akbari Dr. Homaira was granted 825 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 13,974 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest MRTN
- Marten Transport Ltd. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Marten Transport Ltd.
- Director Jones Patricia L was granted 4,100 shares, increasing direct ownership by 37% to 15,100 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Hagness Larry B was granted 4,100 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 210,575 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Iverson Kathleen P was granted 4,100 shares, increasing direct ownership by 22% to 22,850 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Booth Ronald Richard was granted 4,100 shares, increasing direct ownership by 15% to 32,349 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bauer Jerry M was granted 4,100 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 185,044 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Demorest Robert L was granted 4,100 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 58,894 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Hinnendael James J was granted 6,766 shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 161,564 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman of the Board and CEO Marten Randolph L was granted 12,300 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.07% to 17,744,100 units (SEC Form 4)