Landstar System (LSTR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Landstar System's (LSTR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.73% in Q1 2026, down 308.0% year-on-year from 8.05% in Q1 2025, and up 5.24% quarter-over-quarter from 15.9% in Q4 2025.

Landstar System (LSTR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Landstar System has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 16.73% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.73%, down 308.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.73% (down 308.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 14.73%, down 721.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.73% for Q1 2026 at Landstar System, up from 15.9% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 56.32% in Q2 2022 to a low of 15.9% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 25.57% (2024), against an average of 32.27%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 2303 bps in 2022 and slumped 2290 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Landstar System's Return on Capital Employed stood at 52.78% in 2022, then slumped by 43 bps to 29.88% in 2023, then slipped by 25 bps to 22.38% in 2024, then fell by 29 bps to 15.9% in 2025, then grew by 5 bps to 16.73% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.73% (Q1 2026), 15.9% (Q4 2025), and 16.93% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 United Parcel Service 92.26 Bn 86.49 Bn 18.44 Bn 12.93%
2 Fedex 78.12 Bn 66.43 Bn 20.49 Bn 7.64%
3 Hunt J B Transport Services 26.94 Bn 26.93 Bn 2.88 Bn 13.61%
4 C. H. Robinson Worldwide 22.05 Bn 21.89 Bn 1.50 Bn 24.42%
5 Expeditors International Of Washington 21.79 Bn 20.48 Bn 2.84 Bn 8.31%
6 Landstar System 7.42 Bn 7.01 Bn 1.16 Bn 16.73%
7 GXO Logistics 5.58 Bn 4.83 Bn 490.00 Mn 4.02%
8 ZTO Express (Cayman) 2.73 Bn -774.03 Mn 469.01 Mn 14.91%
9 Pitney Bowes 2.47 Bn 2.16 Bn 375.39 Mn -25.32%
10 Cryoport 783.40 Mn 379.76 Mn 21.91 Mn -1.70%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 16.73%
Dec 27, 2025 15.90%
Sep 27, 2025 16.93%
Jun 28, 2025 19.89%
Mar 29, 2025 19.82%
Dec 28, 2024 22.38%
Sep 28, 2024 22.84%
Jun 29, 2024 24.71%
Mar 30, 2024 25.57%
Dec 30, 2023 29.88%
Sep 30, 2023 33.52%
Jul 1, 2023 39.05%
Apr 1, 2023 44.56%
Dec 31, 2022 52.78%
Sep 24, 2022 56.11%
Jun 25, 2022 56.32%
Mar 26, 2022 51.60%
Dec 25, 2021 52.14%
Sep 25, 2021 45.70%
Jun 26, 2021 37.02%