profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Marten Transport
$12.01-0.83% today
+21.6% in 1 year
1-year low $9.411-year high $18.28
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $56.17 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Marten Transport sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.26 billion in 2022 to $884 million in 2025, with $17.4 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Marten Transport vs. similar companies
Marten Transport grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marten Transport | 56.2× · Expensive | ||
 Old Dominion Freight Line | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 153.3× · Very expensive | ||
 Saia | 35.5× · Expensive | ||
 TFI International | 24.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Marten Transport's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,264 | 1,131 | 964 | 884 | |
| 238 | 189 | 131 | 116 | |
| 130 | 76 | 28 | 11 | |
| 241 | 193 | 140 | 116 | |
| 110 | 70 | 27 | 17 | |
| 1.35 | 0.86 | 0.33 | 0.21 | |
| 18.9% | 16.7% | 13.6% | 13.1% | |
| 10.3% | 6.8% | 2.9% | 1.2% | |
| 8.7% | 6.2% | 2.8% | 2.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 966 | 990 | 969 | 950 |
| Cash | 81 | 53 | 17 | 43 |
| Total debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total liabilities | 262 | 233 | 201 | 182 |
| 704 | 757 | 768 | 768 | |
| 82 | 81 | 81 | 82 | |
| 14.6% | 8.0% | 2.9% | 1.1% | |
| 15.7% | 9.3% | 3.5% | 2.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | 164 | 135 | 93 | |
| 177 | 241 | 233 | 145 | |
| 43 | -76 | -98 | -51 | |
| Dividends paid | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 42 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Valuation
- 56.2×
- 43.1×
- –
- 1.7×
- 1.1×
- –
- 8.1×
- -5.2%
- 1.8%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 13.1%
- 1.2%
- 2.0%
- 13.1%
- 0.4%
- 8.8%
- 1.9%
- 1.5%
- 0.6%
- –
Growth
- −11.2%
- −46.2%
- +48.1%
- −17.6%
- −0.4%
Financial health
- -0.6×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- –
- 2.08
- 2.08
- 0.91
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 9%of 980
Bottom 9%of 984
Bottom 10%of 864
Bottom 2%of 984
Bottom 10%of 986
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $22.50
- Range
- $20.00 – $25.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 0.02 | 0.03 | −33.3% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 0.05 | 0.03 | +66.7% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −25.0% |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 0.09 | 0.09 | +0.0% |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 0.05 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 0.07 | 0.06 | +16.7% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 0.05 | 0.06 | −16.7% |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 0.10 | 0.11 | −9.1% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
−17.6%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.04 in 2015 → $0.24 in 2025
How safe it looks
112.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
24No pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
13No pass
Peter Lynch
20No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
13No pass
Questions about Marten Transport
Is Marten Transport a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Marten Transport AI analysis
What does Marten Transport do?
Marten Transport, Ltd. operates as a temperature-sensitive truckload carrier for shippers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates through four segments: Truckload, Dedicated, Intermodal, and Brokerage. It is in Trucking.
Does Marten Transport pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 112% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $19.6 million in dividends.
Is Marten Transport stock halal?
Yes. Marten Transport passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is under 0.1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Marten Transport stock done over the past year?
Up 21.6% over the past twelve months, to $12.01. It traded between $9.41 and $18.28 and is 34.3% below its high.
Who are Marten Transport's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Old Dominion Freight Line, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Saia and TFI International. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Marten Transport's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.