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barrons3	Of the 20 Dow transportation stocks, Landstar System (LSTR) and Ryder System (R) provided the only dividend enhancements. By Miller's tally, the group distributed $18.41, 2.45% above the $17.97 in 2008's third quarter. Yield: 1.97%.	Love	October 10, 2009
High Dividends	raised its regular quarterly dividend by 2 cents from 23 cents to 25 cents, payable Sept. 18 to shareholders of record on Aug. 24. This amounts to an increase of 8.7%.	Love	July 18, 2009
barrons3	Also last week, Dow Jones Transportation components Ryder System (R) and Landstar System (LSTR) raised their quarterly common dividends. Both truckers hail from the Sunshine State, and both have now enriched their payouts for five years in a row. Ryder, citing continuing strong cash flow and solid access to capital, declared a new quarterly of 25 cents a share, up 8.7% from 23 cents, for a 3.69% yield. Dividends have been paid every year without interruption since 1976. The stock trades around 27. From a 52-week high of 75.09 last summer, it tumbled to 19 in March. Standard & Poor's thinks Ryder is a Hold because of the lagging nature of lease cancellations and the ongoing woes of its auto-related clients. Landstar's boost was a half-penny, to 4.5 cents a share. Payouts were initiated in 2005. At the same time, the company posted a 40% drop in second-quarter profit on a 30% decline in revenue but said that, despite the recession, its trailing 12-month return on average shareholders' equity remained high at 35%. Recently at close to 34, the stock yields 0.53%. Its 52-week range is 55.20 to 27.21. S&P rates it a Strong Buy.	Love	July 18, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	If the Baltic Freight Index seems to go down every day, then why is FedEx (FDX)still going higher? If Ryder's (R) getting hammered, why isn't United Parcel Service ()? Why are the rails still higher when YRC Worldwide (YRCW) can't get out of its own way? Do you know that CSX (CSX) and Union Pacific (UNP) just had nice moves and they aren't giving them up? Maybe all of these moves are just plain false. You simply can't get stocks to stay up if things are as bleak as the Baltic indicates. It is too predictive. (<a href="http://jimcramer.rmblogs.thestreet.com/entry.aspx?q=a5588980-ee77-4eba-a18a-9be50103d4ee#" target="_blank">"The Salutary Effect of Destocking," 4-8-09</a>)	Love	April 14, 2009
barrons3	Ryder CEO Greg Swienton told analysts in October that productivity and cost-cutting will offset some of the "significant increase" in pension expenses expected in 2009. According to a company spokesman, Ryder estimates 2008 pension liabilities will be $1.5 billion, slightly higher than Credit Suisse estimates. Credit Suisse expects Ryder to take an 83-cent hit to '09 earnings due to pension-related costs, six times higher than this year's likely penalty.	Love	December 06, 2008
barrons3	Cramer said that Ryder CEO Greg Swienton "said there's nothing to ship." Swienton's "an honest, candid CEO," Cramer said, "and he's a realist. He's talking about a reason why the Dow's down 400."	Love	October 23, 2008
barrons2	Outperform -- Price 61.86 on April 15 by Baird Securities R [is to] acquire substantially all assets of Gator Leasing, a full-service leasing, commercial-truck-rental and fleet-services company... . The acquisition's likely [to be] modestly accretive. Our 68 target reflects 13 times "09 estimates... . R's ability to grow earnings through this downturn bolsters case for higher full-cycle valuation ... when the environment improves ... long-term P/E 16 times; LT Ebitda: 4.1 times. Market cap: $3.6 billion.	Love	April 19, 2008
keith jung	transport	Love	February 18, 2008
keith jung	transport	Love	February 18, 2008
keith jung	transport	Love	February 18, 2008
keith jung	transport	Love	February 18, 2008
keith jung	transport	Love	February 18, 2008
High Dividends	9.5% , 14 , 1.4%	Love	February 11, 2008
sarah z	Miami's provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions announced two separate buyback programs. Under one program, Ryder will repurchase $300 million in common stock over a two year period- representing about 10.8% of total outstanding shares. The second program authorizes two million shares for repurchase as an anti-dilutive buyback to combat the affects of exercising employee stock options. Commenting on the two programs, Ryder Chairman and CEO Greg Swienton said, "Our solid financial position enables us to take these steps to both increase our leverage toward desired levels, and offset the dilutive effect of stock option exercises, without curtailing our ability to invest capital for organic growth and opportunistic acquisitions." On top of the buyback, the stock was also upgraded by Morgan Keegan to outperform from market perform. "We believe the 14.7% pull back in the stock price of Ryder this year has created an attractive entry point for long-term investors," said analyst Art Hatfield. They point out that investors have been cautious buying Ryder in 2007 because of fear for an economic slowdown that would weaken the trucking freight environment and because of the negative investor sentiment toward leasing companies. However, Hatfield believes Ryder should be trading at a higher multiple than during the last economic downturn due to the fundamental changes in the company's business model. He explained, "We believe the fundamentals underlying Ryder's business model going forward are not accurately portrayed in the share price at current levels. Based on our sum-of-the-parts model, we believe shares should be worth between $44.66 per share and $62.96 per share. At the midpoint of our sum-of-the-parts model, shares should be worth $53.81 per share, which represents a substantial premium to current share price."	Love	December 19, 2007
devaro	7.5%	Love	June 03, 2007