Seasonality
LSTR seasonality — Landstar System
Over the last 11 years, LSTR's strongest month on average has been November (+4.0%) and its weakest October (-2.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.70% | +1.35% | 50% | +6.7% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.95% | +0.90% | 50% | +14.9% | -8.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.07% | -1.09% | 40% | +3.1% | -5.4% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.03% | -0.31% | 40% | +14.8% | -10.7% | 10 |
| May | +2.56% | +0.96% | 50% | +12.5% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.87% | +0.63% | 50% | +12.2% | -7.3% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.67% | +2.41% | 60% | +8.4% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.84% | +1.79% | 60% | +12.3% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.76% | -3.63% | 40% | +6.8% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Oct | -2.38% | -0.77% | 40% | +11.4% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.04% | +4.78% | 78% | +10.7% | -4.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.28% | +2.34% | 70% | +12.2% | -12.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LSTR
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.9 | 9.1 | -1.6 | 14.8 | 12.4 | -0.0 | -15.5 | 3.4 | -6.6 | -15.4 | 0.5 | -0.2% | |
| 2025 | -4.2 | -3.6 | -5.4 | -10.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | -4.1 | -0.8 | -7.4 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 9.8 | -16.4% |
| 2024 | -1.0 | -0.8 | 1.4 | -9.5 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 3.1 | -4.0 | 3.5 | -6.9 | 5.8 | -7.6 | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 4.6 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -0.4 | 9.8 | 5.7 | -6.8 | -6.8 | -6.9 | 4.8 | 12.2 | +18.9% |
| 2022 | -10.6 | -3.5 | -2.3 | 2.7 | -2.2 | -4.0 | 7.7 | -6.3 | -1.5 | 8.2 | 10.7 | -5.8 | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 14.9 | 3.1 | 4.4 | -1.0 | -7.3 | -0.7 | 7.0 | -6.1 | 11.4 | -4.1 | 6.2 | +32.9% |
| 2020 | -2.7 | -8.8 | -5.1 | 7.8 | 12.5 | -3.4 | 8.4 | 9.3 | -5.7 | -0.6 | 5.4 | 2.5 | +18.3% |
| 2019 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 0.7 | -0.4 | -11.7 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | -1.5 | 2.2 | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 6.7 | -2.0 | 0.8 | -7.3 | 11.6 | -3.7 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 | -18.0 | 9.0 | -12.3 | -8.1% |
| 2017 | -0.8 | 2.6 | -1.3 | -0.2 | -2.2 | 2.5 | -2.9 | 12.3 | 6.8 | -0.9 | 4.5 | 0.9 | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 4.7 |