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NASDAQ: LSTR
Landstar System (LSTR) stock, explained like you're 5
Landstar System trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker LSTR. It is a mid cap company in the trucking freight/courier services industry, part of the industrials sector, with a market value of about 5.7 billion dollars.
- Ticker
- LSTR
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Trucking Freight/Courier Services
- Size
- Mid cap, about 5.7 billion dollars
Is Landstar System a small, medium or large cap company?
No. Landstar System is a mid cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 5.7 billion dollars.
Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.
How Landstar System makes money
- Building and selling machines, aircraft, equipment or infrastructure.
- Moving goods and people.
- Long term service and maintenance contracts.
What moves LSTR stock
- Orders and backlog, which show future sales.
- Business spending and the health of the economy.
- Costs of materials and labor.
In the news lately
- LSTR Stock Research & Analysis (Fundstrat Direct)
- Landstar System, Inc. (LSTR) Stock Forecasts (Yahoo Finance)
- Truist cuts target for Landstar System stock to USD 175.00 (ad-hoc-news.de)
- Landstar System Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call Date (Quiver Quantitative)
- Landstar System (NasdaqGS:LSTR) Stock Price (Simply Wall Street)
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Questions about Landstar System stock
What does Landstar System do?
Landstar System trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker LSTR. It is a mid cap company in the trucking freight/courier services industry, part of the industrials sector, with a market value of about 5.7 billion dollars.
What is the ticker symbol for Landstar System?
Landstar System trades under the ticker LSTR on the Nasdaq.
What is Landstar System's market cap?
Landstar System is a mid cap stock with a market cap of about 5.7 billion dollars.
How does Landstar System make money?
Building and selling machines, aircraft, equipment or infrastructure. Moving goods and people. Long term service and maintenance contracts.
What moves LSTR stock?
Orders and backlog, which show future sales. Business spending and the health of the economy. Costs of materials and labor.
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