Marten Transport, Ltd. (MRTN): Price and Financial Metrics

Marten Transport, Ltd. (MRTN): $18.48

0.04 (+0.22%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

B

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Trucking Freight

Industry

D

Ranked

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MRTN Price/Volume Stats

Current price $18.48 52-week high $23.38
Prev. close $18.44 52-week low $17.34
Day low $18.34 Volume 595,247
Day high $18.73 Avg. volume 445,653
50-day MA $19.08 Dividend yield 1.3%
200-day MA $19.93 Market Cap 1.50B

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MRTN POWR Grades

  • Stability is the dimension where MRTN ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 87.85% of US stocks.
  • MRTN's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
  • MRTN's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 7.18% of US stocks).

MRTN Stock Summary

  • The ratio of debt to operating expenses for MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD is higher than it is for about just 3.6% of US stocks.
  • With a year-over-year growth in debt of 47.66%, MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD's debt growth rate surpasses 86.3% of about US stocks.
  • In terms of volatility of its share price, MRTN is more volatile than merely 12.76% of stocks we're observing.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD are WERN, SHO, WTM, BH, and KNX.
  • MRTN's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD's official web site, go to www.marten.com.

MRTN Valuation Summary

  • MRTN's price/sales ratio is 1.4; this is 16.67% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
  • Over the past 243 months, MRTN's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MRTN.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
MRTN 2023-12-29 1.4 2.3 20.4 14.8
MRTN 2023-12-28 1.5 2.3 20.7 15.0
MRTN 2023-12-27 1.5 2.3 20.8 15.0
MRTN 2023-12-26 1.5 2.3 20.7 15.0
MRTN 2023-12-22 1.4 2.3 20.5 14.8
MRTN 2023-12-21 1.4 2.2 20.1 14.5

MRTN Growth Metrics

    Its 4 year price growth rate is now at 71.5%.
  • Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 84.1%.
  • The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 20.28%.
MRTN's revenue has moved up $441,766,000 over the prior 49 months.

The table below shows MRTN's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 1,208.17 206.516 109.57
2022-06-30 1,135.002 186.509 105.198
2022-03-31 1,037.879 167.574 94.955
2021-12-31 973.644 171.204 85.428
2021-09-30 934.101 162.8 80.302
2021-06-30 898.832 168.896 77.072

MRTN's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • MRTN has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 68.43% of graded US stocks.
  • MRTN's asset turnover comes in at 1.048 -- ranking 30th of 137 Transportation stocks.
  • OMEX, BKNG, and PAGP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MRTN.

The table below shows MRTN's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 1.048 0.632 0.150
2021-03-31 1.038 0.646 0.147
2020-12-31 1.042 0.644 0.137
2020-09-30 1.041 0.631 0.126
2020-06-30 1.065 0.619 0.122
2020-03-31 1.079 0.604 0.116

MRTN Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of MRTN, see our MRTN price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $22.00 Average Broker Recommendation 1.62 (Moderate Buy)

Marten Transport, Ltd. (MRTN) Company Bio


Marten Transport specializes in transporting and distributing food and other consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-controlled or insulated environment. Marten offers service in the United States, Canada and Mexico, concentrating on expedited movements for high-volume customers. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Mondovi, Wisconsin.


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MARTEN TRANSPORT APPOINTS ADAM PHILLIPS AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

MONDOVI, Wis., Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marten Transport, Ltd. (Nasdaq/GS:MRTN) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Adam D. Phillips to an executive officer as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective December 13, 2023. “I’m extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Phillips as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Adam’s appointment is a continuation of our plan to develop and transition to our next generation o

Yahoo | December 13, 2023

Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.06

Marten Transport, Ltd. ( NASDAQ:MRTN ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.06 per share on the 29th of...

Yahoo | December 5, 2023

MARTEN TRANSPORT DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

MONDOVI, Wis., Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marten Transport, Ltd. (Nasdaq/GS:MRTN) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable on December 29, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2023. This is Marten’s 54th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, Marten will have paid a total of $232.1 million in cash dividends,

Yahoo | November 30, 2023

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Yahoo | November 17, 2023

Is Marten Transport, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRTN) Trading At A 49% Discount?

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Marten Transport fair value estimate is US$36.63 Current share...

Yahoo | November 15, 2023

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MRTN Price Returns

1-mo -2.99%
3-mo -11.64%
6-mo -5.65%
1-year -8.60%
3-year 16.89%
5-year 79.63%
YTD -11.64%
2023 7.31%
2022 16.73%
2021 3.89%
2020 24.77%
2019 38.11%

MRTN Dividends

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