Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.
CVLG NYSE· Trucking (No Local)
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$29.19
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. had $1.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025. Over five years, revenue changed +5.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 5.3%, down 4.6 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 5 is left after running the business.
- Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. made $55.2M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2014 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 6.3% a year.
- Free cash flow was −$133M in fiscal 2025, −12.0% of revenue.
- Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. returned $31.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025.
- Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. owes $296M more than it holds in cash, about 2.3 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$776M
P/E
16.0x
Revenue
$1.1B
Net income
$55.2M
Free cash flow
−$133M
Operating margin
5.3%
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Does it make a profit?
5.0%
A little. It keeps 5.0% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−12.0%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
2.3x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.3 years of operating profit.
How is the share priced?
16.0x
One share costs 16.0 times its yearly profit per share.
What Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 27, 2026
- Legal name
- COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
- CIK
- 0000928658
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. · CVLG
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $885M | $839M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.1B |
| Revenue growth | 0.6% | −5.3% | 24.7% | 16.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 1.0% | −1.7% | 6.4% | 9.9% | 5.3% |
| Net income | $8.5M | −$42.7M | $60.7M | $109M | $55.2M |
| Net margin | 1.0% | −5.1% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 5.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.45 | −$2.46 | $3.57 | $3.50 | $2.00 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $64.0M | $63.0M | $73.2M | $159M | $84.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $138M | $94.0M | $35.3M | $100M | $218M |
| Free cash flow | −$74.2M | −$31.0M | $37.9M | $58.8M | −$133M |
| FCF margin | −8.4% | −3.7% | 3.6% | 4.8% | −12.0% |
| Dividends paid | — | — | $0.0M | $4.3M | $5.8M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $17.5M | $10.3M | $84.7M | $25.4M |
| Share count change | 0.9% | −6.9% | −1.9% | 82.4% | — |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $43.6M | $8.4M | $8.4M | $68.7M | $4.9M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $288M | $71.9M | $36.9M | $115M | $301M |
| Shareholders' equity | $350M | $291M | $350M | $377M | $404M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 1.2x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 2.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 1.1x | −2.1x | 24.1x | 39.1x | 7.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 1.1% | −3.3% | 13.4% | 21.8% | 6.4% |
| Return on equity | 2.4% | −13.3% | 19.0% | 29.9% | 13.7% |
| Return on tangible equity | 3.0% | −19.1% | 21.2% | 40.1% | 25.3% |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | — |
| Altman Z'' | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$15.1M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
8%
$1.2M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. · CVLG
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $29.19 a share, the company is worth $776M: 16.0 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000928658). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.