Landstar System Valuation

Is LDS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LDS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LDS (€176) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€231.56)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LDS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LDS?

Key metric: As LDS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LDS. This is calculated by dividing LDS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LDS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.7x
EarningsUS$207.74m
Market CapUS$6.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LDS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LDS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.2x
3WB Waberer's International Nyrt
9.6xn/a€155.9m
SIX2 Sixt
13.9x16.3%€3.0b
LHA Deutsche Lufthansa
6.7x14.0%€7.6b
FRA Fraport
10.6x3.7%€4.8b
LDS Landstar System
31.7x12.6%€6.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LDS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the peer average (10.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LDS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Transportation Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LDS 31.7xIndustry Avg. 12.9xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LDS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the European Transportation industry average (12.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LDS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LDS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.7x
Fair PE Ratio15.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LDS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LDS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€176.00
€162.16
-7.9%
7.5%€178.58€135.84n/a13
Nov ’25€161.00
€157.89
-1.9%
7.8%€173.77€131.47n/a14
Oct ’25€165.00
€156.65
-5.1%
7.5%€174.47€129.73n/a14
Sep ’25€163.00
€160.03
-1.8%
7.7%€178.60€132.81n/a14
Aug ’25€175.00
€162.89
-6.9%
8.4%€183.25€133.91n/a14
Jul ’25€171.00
€165.16
-3.4%
8.3%€191.29€137.17n/a14
Jun ’25€164.00
€162.00
-1.2%
8.7%€188.54€135.20n/a14
May ’25€165.00
€161.22
-2.3%
7.9%€186.54€137.11n/a14
Apr ’25€172.00
€160.39
-6.7%
9.6%€185.44€135.62n/a13
Mar ’25€176.00
€161.16
-8.4%
9.2%€185.48€135.65n/a14
Feb ’25€177.00
€157.52
-11.0%
8.2%€184.92€136.16n/a14
Jan ’25€176.00
€159.52
-9.4%
7.2%€176.51€134.71n/a14
Dec ’24€158.00
€155.70
-1.5%
7.1%€173.39€132.33n/a13
Nov ’24€155.00
€163.31
+5.4%
7.7%€183.67€136.58€161.0013
Oct ’24€168.00
€178.63
+6.3%
8.8%€198.64€141.89€165.0013
Sep ’24€175.00
€175.58
+0.3%
9.3%€198.17€138.26€163.0014
Aug ’24€185.00
€170.41
-7.9%
9.6%€195.52€136.41€175.0013
Jul ’24€177.00
€158.27
-10.6%
7.9%€182.44€133.18€171.0012
Jun ’24€164.00
€159.33
-2.8%
8.0%€186.44€136.10€164.0012
May ’24€158.00
€158.53
+0.3%
8.0%€182.30€133.08€165.0013
Apr ’24€160.00
€164.37
+2.7%
9.0%€187.28€131.10€172.0013
Mar ’24€171.00
€164.37
-3.9%
9.0%€187.28€131.10€176.0013
Feb ’24€158.00
€143.25
-9.3%
8.3%€165.67€124.71€177.0011
Jan ’24€154.00
€142.35
-7.6%
10.4%€170.35€112.32€176.0012
Dec ’23€165.00
€147.02
-10.9%
10.5%€176.14€116.14€158.0012
Nov ’23€158.00
€154.47
-2.2%
11.2%€191.44€121.55€155.0012

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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