Marten Transport/$MRTN
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About Marten Transport
Marten Transport Ltd is a temperature-sensitive and dry truckload carrier in the United States. The company specializes in transporting and distributing food and other consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-controlled or insulated environment. The company operates through four segments: Truckload, Dedicated, Intermodal, and Brokerage, generating the majority of its revenue from the Truckload segment. The Truckload segment offers a mix of regional short-haul and medium- to long-haul full-load transportation services transporting food and other consumer packaged goods.
- Ticker
- $MRTN
- Sector
- Mobility
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 3,502
- Headquarters
- Mondovi, United States
- Website
- www.marten.com
Marten Transport Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$959M
73.37
$0.16
1.01
$0.24
2.04%
Price and volume
Market cap
$959M
Beta
1.01
52-week high
$18.48
52-week low
$9.35
Average daily volume
795K
Dividend rate
$0.24
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.212
Quick ratio
1.94
Long term debt to equity
0
Total debt to equity
0
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
111.985
Gross margin (TTM)
22.30%
Net profit margin (TTM)
1.55%
Operating margin (TTM)
0.78%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
28.66%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$250,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.43%
Return on equity (TTM)
1.74%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
73.375
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.113
Price to book
1.25
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.25
Dividend yield (TTM)
2.04%
Forward dividend yield
2.04%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-4.82%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-32.72%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-10.14%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
2.57%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-46.21%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-9.00%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
19.62%
What the Analysts think about Marten Transport
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Marten Transport stock.
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Bulls say / Bears say
Marten says tighter enforcement is taking non-compliant and unqualified driver capacity out of the market, and its truckload rate per mile excluding fuel rose 14.1% year on year in Q3. If rate gains persist, the improving market could lift earnings. (SEC)
Truckload revenue rose 11.9% in Q3, while the segment’s operating loss narrowed to $0.2 million from $2.0 million a year earlier. That progress suggests higher rates and tighter fleet management are beginning to improve segment performance. (FreightWaves)
Marten ended Q3 with a debt-free balance sheet, giving it financial room to invest in its fleet and technology through a weak patch and to pursue growth as freight conditions improve. (Marten Transport)
Fuel, health-insurance and driver-pay costs reduced Q3 net income by $3.7 million, or 4.5 cents per share, and EPS came in below analyst expectations. Fuel surcharge timing also means rapidly rising diesel costs can squeeze margins before customer recoveries catch up. (FreightWaves, SEC)
Underlying results remain uneven: dedicated revenue excluding fuel fell 9% year on year and its operating ratio worsened to 97.6%, while truckload still operated at a loss. Across the first nine months, operating income fell 36.9% year on year, showing that better pricing has not yet produced a broad earnings recovery. (FreightWaves, SEC)
Marten’s low current earnings leave little room for disappointment at a high share valuation: Investing.com cited a trailing P/E of 85.6 after the Q3 miss, and Stephens cut its price target from $15 to $12.50. If profit recovery takes longer than expected, the valuation could come under pressure. (Investing.com)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 6 Nov 2026.
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Funds containing Marten Transport
Fund name | Fund size | $MRTN weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | $3.2B | 0.04% |
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.04% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted$USSC | $1.1B | 0.01% |
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