LSTR vs CYRX vs CPRT Stock Comparison

Landstar System, Cryoport and Copart Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LSTR Landstar System Inc
$141.37 -16.1% 1M +13.6% 1Y
Market cap
$4.77B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.29B
Div. yield
2.57%
Logistics Industrials
3 wins
CYRX Cryoport, Inc.
$18.29 +5.6% 1M +97.9% 1Y
Market cap
$926.36M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$186.45M
Div. yield
–
Logistics Industrials
2 wins
CPRT Copart Inc
$29.55 +8.9% 1M -30.5% 1Y
Market cap
$27.37B
P/E
18.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.67B
Div. yield
–
Logistics Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Copart leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Copart 6, Landstar System 3, Cryoport 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLSTRCYRXCPRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.77B $926.36M $27.37B CPRT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.9x -20.3x 18.9x CPRT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.0x — 17.8x CPRT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.7% +12.1% +0.4% CYRX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% -24.3% 31.8% CPRT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.9% -5.8% — LSTR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.1x 16.6x — LSTR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.57% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.6% +97.9% -30.5% CYRX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.3%/yr -25.9%/yr -5.3%/yr LSTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.1% 46.2% 32.7% CPRT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 30/100 66/100 CPRT

Percentile Scorecard

LSTRCYRXCPRT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLSTRCYRXCPRT
Valuation 26 #101 of 136 5 #129 of 136 25 #102 of 136
Growth 24 #92 of 121 51 #60 of 121 48 #64 of 121
Profitability 56 #50 of 112 10 #101 of 112 76 #28 of 112
Financial Health 86 #21 of 140 62 #54 of 140 94 #9 of 140
Shareholder Returns 63 #30 of 80 23 #62 of 80 86 #12 of 80
Overall 51 30 66
  • LSTR ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • CYRX ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • CPRT ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLSTRCYRXCPRTSPY
1 month -16.1%+5.6%+8.9% +0.7%
3 months -16.5%+19.3%-0.1% +3.7%
6 months -23.2%+78.3%-10.8% +7.1%
Year to date -1.6%+90.5%-24.5% +12.8%
1 year +13.6%+97.9%-30.5% +11.9%
3 years -14.2%+95.8%-31.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year -5.0%+25.1%-11.8% +22.8%
5 years -19.6%-77.6%-23.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year -4.3%-25.9%-5.3% +10.9%
10 years +100.5%+810.0%+349.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year +7.2%+24.7%+16.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLSTRCYRXCPRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.1%46.2%32.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.4%40.4%33.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.671.600.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.342.12-0.93 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.2%-94.4%-58.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.3%-1.9%-31.3% -1.2%
52-week high $225.37$18.64$43.01 $779.14
52-week low $121.51$7.72$26.27 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLSTRCYRXCPRT
P/E now vs peer median 29.9xmedian 16.5x -20.3xmedian 16.5x 18.9xmedian 16.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.9x 5.0xmedian 0.9x 5.9xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 8.8x -56.5xmedian 8.8x 13.5xmedian 8.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.2xmedian 11.9x -46.2xmedian 11.9x 21.6xmedian 11.9x
P/B now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 1.2x 1.9xmedian 1.2x 3.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -1.74median 0.84 -9.77median 0.84 2.86median 0.84

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLSTRCYRXCPRT
Revenue $5.29B $186.45M $4.67B
Gross profit – $87.77M $2.70B
Operating income $214.56M -$39.62M $1.65B
Net income $160.38M -$37.39M $1.48B
Free cash flow $157.62M -$20.03M $1.27B
R&D – $17.75M –
EPS (diluted) $4.73 $-0.90 $1.55
Cash & equivalents $297.32M $269.27M $1.91B
Total debt $68.71M $186.83M –
Shares (diluted) 33.87M 50.44M 956.86M
Enterprise value $3.20B -$706.49M $11.79B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLSTRCYRXCPRT
P/E 29.9x -20.3x 18.9x
P/FCF 30.2x -46.2x 21.6x
P/Operating cash flow 27.8x 116.2x 17.1x
P/S 0.9x 5.0x 5.9x
P/B 5.7x 1.9x 3.0x
P/Tangible book 5.7x 2.6x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x -56.5x 13.5x
EV/EBIT 20.9x -18.1x 15.4x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 3.8x 5.5x
EV/FCF 28.4x -35.8x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.2x 89.9x 15.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.74 -9.77 2.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLSTRCYRXCPRT
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.7% 12.1% 0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.9% -8.2% 6.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.1% -0.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% 4.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.3% 7.8% -2.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -18.3% 5.7% 3.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 16.8% -147.3% -4.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.8% 1.1% 6.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.3% -163.7% -2.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -17.2% 2.1% 6.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -19.6% 147.7% -10.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.5% 33.4% 5.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -20.7% 40.6% 3.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.5% 10.5% 14.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLSTRCYRXCPRT
Gross margin – 47.1% 57.9%
EBITDA margin 4.8% -6.8% 40.5%
Operating margin 4.1% -21.2% 35.4%
Pretax margin 4.0% -16.6% 39.3%
Net margin 3.0% -24.3% 31.8%
FCF margin 3.0% -10.7% 27.2%
Operating cash flow margin 3.2% 4.3% 34.4%
Return on equity 19.2% -7.6% 16.6%
Return on assets 9.0% -4.9% 15.0%
Return on invested capital 17.9% -5.8% –
Return on capital employed 21.3% -7.4% 18.1%
Asset turnover 3.0x 0.2x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -0.2x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 5.2% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLSTRCYRXCPRT
Debt / assets 3.8% 24.7% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA -1.1x 16.6x –
Debt / FCF 0.4x -9.3x –
Liabilities / assets 54.1% 35.1% 9.3%
Equity / assets 45.9% 64.9% 90.7%
Interest coverage 111.1x -18.8x –
Current ratio 1.8x 2.1x 7.9x
Quick ratio 1.7x 2.0x 3.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 1.8x 2.7x
Altman Z-score 8.93 1.24 20.36

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLSTRCYRXCPRT
Dividend yield 2.6% – –
Net buyback yield 2.1% 0.4% 5.1%
Shareholder yield 4.7% 0.4% 5.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLSTRCYRXCPRT
Forward P/E 23.0xFY2026 – 17.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $6.15FY2026 $-0.77FY2026 $1.66FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +85.8%FY2026 -155.0%FY2026 +7.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +27.8% – +3.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.45BFY2026 $201.00MFY2026 $4.64BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +15.1%FY2026 +14.1%FY2026 -0.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +17.6% +0.4% +12.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLSTRCYRXCPRT
Held by institutions 100.0% 89.0% 83.8%
Institutions holding 544 184 1,059
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.8% -1.6% +5.7%
Institutions buying 297 102 530
Institutions selling 153 49 396
Buyers to sellers 1.94 2.08 1.34

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LSTRCYRXCPRT
LSTR 1.00 0.21 0.19
CYRX 0.21 1.00 0.09
CPRT 0.19 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LSTR, CYRX and CPRT?

Copart (CPRT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Landstar System (LSTR) $4.77B, Cryoport (CYRX) $926.36M, Copart (CPRT) $27.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, LSTR, CYRX and CPRT?

Copart (CPRT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Landstar System (LSTR) 29.9x, Cryoport (CYRX) -20.3x, Copart (CPRT) 18.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Copart (CPRT) is cheapest (Landstar System (LSTR) 23.0x, Copart (CPRT) 17.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cryoport (CYRX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Landstar System (LSTR) +10.7%, Cryoport (CYRX) +12.1%, Copart (CPRT) +0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Copart (CPRT) has the highest net margin (Landstar System (LSTR) 3.0%, Cryoport (CYRX) -24.3%, Copart (CPRT) 31.8%). On return on invested capital, Landstar System (LSTR) leads (Landstar System (LSTR) 17.9%, Cryoport (CYRX) -5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cryoport (CYRX) returned the most: Landstar System (LSTR) +13.6%, Cryoport (CYRX) +97.9%, Copart (CPRT) -30.5%. Over five years, Landstar System (LSTR) compounded fastest (Landstar System (LSTR) -4.3%/yr, Cryoport (CYRX) -25.9%/yr, Copart (CPRT) -5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Landstar System (LSTR) 2.57%. Cryoport (CYRX) and Copart (CPRT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Copart (CPRT) has been the steadiest (Landstar System (LSTR) 40.1%, Cryoport (CYRX) 46.2%, Copart (CPRT) 32.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LSTR, CYRX and CPRT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Copart (CPRT) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.