Landstar System (LSTR)

Overall impact
D (38)

Commentary

Landstar System is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 37.8 for overall impact (bottom 25% of all companies), Landstar System ranks 23rd out of 36 industry peers, behind Covenant Logistics Group, Arcbest, USA Truck and 19 others, and ahead of Marten Transport, Heartland Express, PowerFleet and 10 others. On top material causes for Landstar System's industry (Land Transportation), Landstar System performs poorly in Terrestrial Biodiversity (26.4 score), Racial Justice and Civil Rights (4.6), Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (23.6) and 9 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Landstar System did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Founded
1988
Employees
1,300
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Ground Transportation
Sub-industry
Cargo Ground Transportation
SASB industry
Road Transportation
Headquarters
Fl, United States
Share classes
LSTR
Mission
To be the leading non-asset based provider of transportation capacity delivering safe, specialized transportation services to a broad range of customers throughout North America utilizing a network of agents, business capacity owners and employees.
Description
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. It also offers transportation services to other transportation companies, such as third-party logistics and less-than-truckload services. This segment provides truck services through dry and specialty vans of various sizes, unsided/platform trailers, temperature-controlled vans, and containers. It offers rail intermodal services through contracts with domestic and Canadian railroads, certain short-line railroads, and asset-based intermodal equipment. Additionally, it provides 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. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Landstar System, based on its industry sub-industry Cargo Ground Transportation. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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