Analyzing PostNL (OTCMKTS:PSTNY) & Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR)

Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) and PostNL (OTCMKTS:PSTNY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.9% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Landstar System and PostNL, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Landstar System	0	7	2	0	2.22
PostNL	0	0	1	0	3.00

Landstar System currently has a consensus price target of $184.55, indicating a potential downside of 4.26%. Given Landstar System’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Landstar System is more favorable than PostNL.

Profitability

This table compares Landstar System and PostNL’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landstar System	4.99%	26.73%	14.43%
PostNL	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Landstar System and PostNL’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Landstar System	$5.30 billion	1.30	$264.39 million	$7.35	26.23
PostNL	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Landstar System has higher revenue and earnings than PostNL.

Summary

Landstar System beats PostNL on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Landstar System

Landstar System, Inc. provides integrated transportation management solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Transportation Logistics and Insurance. The Transportation Logistics segment offers a range of transportation services, including truckload and less-than-truckload transportation, rail intermodal, air cargo, ocean cargo, expedited ground and air delivery of time-critical freight, heavy-haul/specialized, U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico cross-border, intra-Mexico, intra-Canada, project cargo, and customs brokerage, as well as offers transportation services to other transportation companies, such as third party logistics and less-than-truckload services. It provides truck services through dry and specialty vans of various sizes, unsided/platform trailers, temperature-controlled vans, and containers; rail intermodal services through contracts with domestic and Canadian railroads, certain short-line railroads, and asset-based intermodal equipment; and domestic and international air and ocean services. This segment serves the automotive parts and assemblies, consumer durables, building products, metals, chemicals, foodstuffs, heavy machinery, retail, electronics, and military equipment industries. The Insurance segment provides risk and claims management services; and reinsures risks of the company's independent contractors. It markets its services through independent commission sales agents and third party capacity providers. Landstar System, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

About PostNL

PostNL N.V. provides postal and logistics services to businesses and consumers in the Netherlands, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Parcels and Mail in the Netherlands; and PostNL Other. It collects, sorts, transports, and delivers letters and parcels; and offers data management, direct marketing, and fulfillment services, as well as cross-border mail and parcels solutions. The company was formerly known as TNT N.V. and changed its name to PostNL N.V. in May 2011. PostNL N.V. is headquartered in the Hague, the Netherlands.