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Landstar System Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Landstar System Inc had return on equity of 13.0%, an operating margin of 3.2%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.75. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Operating margin5.7%5.8%6.9%7.2%6.6%7.0%7.3%7.0%6.7%7.2%7.3%6.1%7.7%7.7%6.5%5.2%3.2%4.1%
Net margin3.5%3.6%4.3%4.7%5.5%4.4%4.4%4.3%4.9%5.5%5.6%4.6%5.8%5.8%5.0%4.1%2.4%3.0%
Free-cash-flow margin7.1%3.4%4.4%4.3%5.5%2.9%6.4%5.3%3.4%6.2%7.1%4.4%3.9%8.0%6.9%5.3%4.5%3.0%
Return on equity26.3%33.7%41.0%38.2%35.0%29.4%30.9%27.2%29.7%38.2%32.3%27.2%49.1%49.3%28.3%20.0%13.0%19.7%
Return on assets10.9%13.1%15.1%15.4%15.8%13.8%14.6%13.2%14.5%18.7%16.2%12.5%20.6%21.7%14.2%10.8%6.7%9.3%
Asset turnover3.103.603.523.282.883.173.273.032.983.382.912.683.533.742.842.672.753.07
Current ratio1.651.511.671.721.821.781.781.941.751.811.801.501.511.642.001.961.751.79
Debt to equity34.6%48.5%44.0%30.1%22.3%22.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.7%7.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)—————————————126.3x89.0x61.1x27.1x42.4x
Effective tax rate36.2%36.5%37.2%36.0%37.2%37.2%38.1%37.4%26.5%22.3%23.0%22.8%24.0%24.1%24.0%23.0%23.6%24.6%
SG&A as % of revenue6.7%6.4%5.2%5.0%4.9%4.7%4.5%4.5%4.7%4.1%3.9%4.1%3.4%3.0%4.0%4.5%4.9%4.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.1%1.1%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.1%0.7%0.4%0.2%0.5%0.7%0.4%0.3%0.5%0.6%0.2%0.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income202.1%92.8%101.2%92.6%100.2%65.8%143.0%122.0%69.7%112.9%126.7%93.7%66.4%138.5%139.2%130.4%186.9%98.3%
Dividends ÷ net income12.3%10.8%8.8%26.2%—19.9%39.2%10.4%9.0%34.8%12.2%57.0%29.3%26.8%44.3%61.5%108.5%77.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow45.3%138.0%52.8%49.8%40.7%92.0%103.7%38.7%12.9%103.1%40.4%125.2%92.6%67.3%46.5%79.0%141.7%143.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · September 26, 2026
What it owns · $1.8bn
Short-term assets $1.4bnLonger-term assets $436m
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.6bn
Short-term liabilities $766mShareholders' equity $830m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.4bn of assets due within a year against $766m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $215m against $5m of interest.

From Landstar System Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

76 /100

Strong moat

How hard Landstar System's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Net income has been a median 14.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.8%; its worst year was 3.8%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 4.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 11.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Landstar System Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Landstar System Inc.