USA Truck, Inc. (USAK): Price and Financial Metrics

USAK POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where USAK ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 94.47% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for USAK is in Value, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• USAK's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 35.66% of US stocks).

USAK Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for USAK is 6.38 -- better than 94.68% of US stocks.
• USAK's price/sales ratio is 0.28; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 4.59% of US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for USAK comes in at 27.35% -- higher than that of 93.98% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Usa Truck Inc are MRTN, WERN, CNFR, NX, and CIGI.
• USAK's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Usa Truck Inc's official web site, go to www.usa-truck.com.

USAK Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, USAK's price/sales ratio is 93.94% lower, now standing at 0.2.
• USAK's price/earnings ratio has moved up 101.4 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, USAK's price/earnings ratio has gone up 101.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for USAK.

USAK Growth Metrics

Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -12.62%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at -74.26%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 11.81%.

USAK's revenue has moved up $167,366,000 over the prior 34 months.

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

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	710.387	31.237	24.768
2021-09-30	668.375	44.457	18.536
2021-06-30	629.164	38.842	16.018
2021-03-31	582.87	41.207	10.894
2020-12-31	551.138	37.556	4.746
2020-09-30	516.407	41.438	-6.014

USAK'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.

• USAK has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 71.82% of graded US stocks.
• USAK's asset turnover comes in at 1.918 -- ranking 8th of 137 Transportation stocks.
• CHRW, UPS, and JBHT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with USAK.

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