Marten Transport Ltd
MRTN Nasdaq· Trucking (No Local)
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$12.02
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Marten Transport Ltd had $884M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 8.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +0.2% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 2.6%, down 0.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 3 is left after running the business.
- Marten Transport Ltd made $17.4M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −11.2% a year.
- Marten Transport Ltd returned $19.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.1%.
Market cap
$981M
P/E
75.1x
Revenue
$884M
Net income
$17.4M
Free cash flow
—
Operating margin
2.6%
Marten Transport Ltd in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−8.3%
No. Sales fell 8.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
2.0%
A little. It keeps 2.0% of every sale as profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 7
Mixed. It passes 4 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
75.1x
One share costs 75.1 times its yearly profit per share.
What Marten Transport Ltd does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 27, 2026
- Legal name
- MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD
- CIK
- 0000799167
Marten Transport Ltd · MRTN
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $974M | $1.3B | $1.1B | $964M | $884M |
| Revenue growth | 11.4% | 29.8% | −10.5% | −14.8% | −8.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 11.3% | 8.0% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Net income | $85.4M | $110M | $70.4M | $26.9M | $17.4M |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 8.7% | 6.2% | 2.8% | 2.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.02 | $1.35 | $0.86 | $0.33 | $0.21 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $171M | $219M | $164M | $135M | $93.5M |
| Dividends paid | $54.7M | $19.6M | $19.5M | $19.5M | $19.6M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $41.8M | $0.0M | $0.0M | — |
| Share count change | 0.3% | −1.7% | −0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $57.0M | $80.6M | $53.2M | $17.3M | $43.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | $652M | $704M | $757M | $768M | $768M |
| Current ratio | 2.0x | 1.9x | 1.8x | 1.5x | 1.9x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 13.4% | 16.3% | 9.6% | 3.5% | 2.3% |
| Return on tangible equity | 13.1% | 15.7% | 9.3% | 3.5% | 2.3% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
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.
Marten Transport Ltd · MRTN
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $12.02 a share, the company is worth $981M: 75.1 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000799167). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.