NCEW vs LSTR vs CHRW Stock Comparison

New Century Logistics (BVI), Landstar System and C. H. Robinson Worldwide Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LSTR Landstar System Inc
$165.17 +0.9% 1M +26.9% 1Y
Market cap
$5.73B
P/E
43.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.98B
Div. yield
–
Logistics Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

C. H. Robinson Worldwide leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (C. H. Robinson Worldwide 6, Landstar System 4, New Century Logistics (BVI) 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNCEWLSTRCHRWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $54.91M $5.73B $17.04B CHRW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 43.5x 26.9x CHRW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 26.9x 22.9x CHRW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +4.1% -0.1% LSTR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.6% 3.7% CHRW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 15.1% 21.4% CHRW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.3x 1.6x LSTR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +296.6% +26.9% +11.2% NCEW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -0.7%/yr +7.5%/yr CHRW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 83.1% 35.1% 47.0% LSTR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 44/100 41/100 LSTR

Percentile Scorecard

NCEWLSTRCHRW

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

AxisNCEWLSTRCHRW
Valuation – 19 #111 of 136 22 #106 of 136
Growth – 10 #110 of 122 31 #85 of 122
Profitability – 54 #54 of 116 51 #57 of 116
Financial Health 41 #86 of 144 87 #20 of 144 45 #80 of 144
Shareholder Returns – 52 #40 of 82 58 #35 of 82
Overall – 44 41
  • NCEW ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • LSTR ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • CHRW ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNCEWLSTRCHRWSPY
1 month -4.7%+0.9%-4.7% -0.8%
3 months +2.1%-13.8%-19.7% +3.5%
6 months +8.0%-8.3%-25.6% +7.0%
Year to date +192.8%+14.9%-12.8% +12.2%
1 year +296.6%+26.9%+11.2% +13.0%
3 years —+1.6%+72.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+0.5%+19.9% +23.1%
5 years —-3.6%+43.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-0.7%+7.5% +11.0%
10 years —+133.5%+108.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+8.8%+7.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNCEWLSTRCHRWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 83.1%35.1%47.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.8%37.1%50.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.440.710.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.570.770.24 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.5%-41.2%-43.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.1%-26.7%-33.1% -1.8%
52-week high $20.70$225.37$209.42 $779.14
52-week low $3.01$121.51$128.07 $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.

MultipleNCEWLSTRCHRW
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.1x 42.6xmedian 16.1x 26.2xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.0x 1.1xmedian 1.0x 1.0xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 8.7x 24.4xmedian 8.7x 19.2xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 11.5x 31.9xmedian 11.5x 24.5xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 1.2x 6.7xmedian 1.2x 10.1xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.81 -1.66median 0.81 4.48median 0.81

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 monthsNCEWLSTRCHRW
Revenue – $4.98B $17.00B
Gross profit – – $2.76B
Operating income – $175.34M $833.62M
Net income – $131.70M $633.33M
Free cash flow – $175.65M $668.76M
EPS (diluted) – $3.88 $5.29
Cash & equivalents $62.32K $294.35M $154.59M
Total debt $10.49M $230.93M $1.69B
Shares (diluted) 2.88M 33.94M 119.75M
Enterprise value $52.84M $4.08B $16.43B

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
MetricNCEWLSTRCHRW
P/E – 42.6x 26.2x
P/FCF – 31.9x 24.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 29.5x 23.9x
P/S – 1.1x 1.0x
P/B 11.3x 6.7x 10.1x
P/Tangible book 11.3x 6.7x 10.3x
EV/EBITDA – 24.4x 19.2x
EV/EBIT – 30.4x 21.5x
EV/Revenue – 1.1x 1.1x
EV/FCF – 30.3x 26.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 28.1x 26.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.66 4.48

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNCEWLSTRCHRW
Revenue growth (1Y) – 4.1% -0.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -7.5% -5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -0.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -2.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -19.0% 10.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -26.8% 3.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – -21.6% 18.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -27.0% 5.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – -19.4% 19.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -25.6% 5.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -8.3% -3.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -32.0% -28.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -6.8% -3.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -32.6% -28.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNCEWLSTRCHRW
Gross margin – – 16.2%
EBITDA margin – 4.4% 5.5%
Operating margin – 3.5% 4.9%
Pretax margin – 3.5% 4.6%
Net margin – 2.6% 3.7%
FCF margin – 3.5% 3.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 3.8% 4.0%
Return on equity – 16.1% 38.0%
Return on assets – 7.9% 11.4%
Return on invested capital – 15.1% 21.4%
Return on capital employed – 18.5% 25.4%
Asset turnover – 3.0x 3.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNCEWLSTRCHRW
Debt / assets 23.8% 4.1% 28.8%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.1x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.3x 1.6x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 59.7% 52.0% 72.1%
Equity / assets 40.3% 48.0% 27.9%
Interest coverage – 98.1x –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.8x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.7x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.5x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 9.66 7.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNCEWLSTRCHRW
Dividend yield – 2.2% 1.8%
Net buyback yield – 1.8% 2.9%
Shareholder yield – 4.0% 4.7%
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.

ConsensusNCEWLSTRCHRW
Forward P/E – 26.9xFY2026 22.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.15FY2026 $6.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +85.8%FY2026 +20.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +27.8% +19.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $5.45BFY2026 $18.98BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +15.1%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +17.6% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNCEWLSTRCHRW
Held by institutions – 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 543 891
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.8% -1.7%
Institutions buying – 296 445
Institutions selling – 153 318
Buyers to sellers – 1.93 1.40

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.

NCEWLSTRCHRW
NCEW 1.00 0.11 0.09
LSTR 0.11 1.00 0.58
CHRW 0.09 0.58 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NCEW, LSTR and CHRW?

C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) is the largest by market capitalisation: New Century Logistics (BVI) (NCEW) $54.91M, Landstar System (LSTR) $5.73B, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) $17.04B.

Which stock is cheaper, NCEW, LSTR and CHRW?

C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Landstar System (LSTR) 43.5x, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 26.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) is cheapest (Landstar System (LSTR) 26.9x, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 22.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Landstar System (LSTR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Landstar System (LSTR) +4.1%, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) -0.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) has the highest net margin (Landstar System (LSTR) 2.6%, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 3.7%). On return on invested capital, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) leads (Landstar System (LSTR) 15.1%, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 21.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New Century Logistics (BVI) (NCEW) returned the most: New Century Logistics (BVI) (NCEW) +296.6%, Landstar System (LSTR) +26.9%, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) +11.2%. Over five years, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) compounded fastest (Landstar System (LSTR) -0.7%/yr, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) +7.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Landstar System (LSTR) has been the steadiest (New Century Logistics (BVI) (NCEW) 83.1%, Landstar System (LSTR) 35.1%, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 47.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NCEW, LSTR and CHRW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, C. H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 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.