Industrials / TruckingUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

1.3B

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E58.1

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E87.7

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE1.9

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC0.7

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All MRTN market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Showing 247 of 247 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000799167
Company name	Marten Transport, Ltd.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	573075108
Employees	3,502
Employees Change	-274%
Employees Change Percent	-7.26
Enterprise value	$1.2B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Trucking
IPO Date	1986-09-25
Isin	US5730751089
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.3B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$15.58
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	246,723.59x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	4213
Symbol	MRTN
Website	https://www.marten.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	1.14%
EV Earnings	82.93x
EV Sales Forward	1.3x
EV/EBIT	176.11x
EV/EBITDA	10.35x
EV/Sales	1.39x
Forward P/E	58.13x
P/B ratio	1.66x
P/E ratio	87.66x
P/S ratio	1.47x
PE Ratio10 Y	24.8x
PE Ratio3 Y	40.55x
PE Ratio5 Y	30.53x
PS Forward	1.38x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	0.79%
EBITDA Margin	13.43%
Gross margin	23.55%
Gross Profit	$203.5M
Gross Profit Growth	-10.74%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-16.11%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-15.62%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-5.49%
Net Income	$14.5M
Net Income Growth	-32.95%
Net Income Growth Q	-68.12%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-48.38%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-27.79%
Pretax Margin	2.34%
Profit Margin	1.68%
Profit Per Employee	$4,138
Profitable Years	33
ROA	0.44
Roa5y	4.65
ROCE	0.8
ROE	1.89
Roe5y	9.03
ROIC	0.69
Roic5y	8.31

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	9.81%
Cagr15y	8.67%
Cagr1y	25.26%
Cagr20y	5.9%
Cagr3y	-7.46%
Cagr5y	-0.52%
Div CAGR10	19.62%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	-18.32%
EPS Growth	-31.65
EPS Growth Q	-66.12
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-48.43
EPS Growth5 Y	-27.54
Revenue Growth	-7.81x
Revenue Growth Q	-8.8x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-12.16x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-0.34x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.9
Assets	$947.2M
Cash	$69.8M
Current Assets	$195.6M
Current Liabilities	$94.3M
Debt	$434,000
Debt EBITDA	$0
Debt Equity	$0
Equity	$764.2M
Liabilities	$183M
Long Term Assets	$751.6M
Long Term Liabilities	$88.8M
Net Cash	$69.4M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$5.46
Net Cash Growth	77.79%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0.6
Net Debt Equity	$-0.09
Tangible Book Value	$764.2M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$9.37
WACC	9.28

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.08
Net Working Capital	$31.8M
Quick ratio	1.82
Working Capital	$101.4M
Working Capital Turnover	$11.2

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.06%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.24
Dividend Years	17
Dividend Yield	1.54%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-16
Last Dividend	$0.06
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	135.04%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	154.91%
1Y total return	25.24%
200-day SMA	12.09
3Y total return	-20.76%
50-day SMA	13.64
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-2.58%
All Time High	23.43
All Time High Change	-33.5%
All Time High Date	2022-08-16
All Time Low	0.17
All Time Low Change	9,000.47%
All Time Low Date	1990-02-16
ATR	0.47
Beta	0.92
Beta1y	0.96
Beta2y	0.79
Ch YTD	36.91
High	15.84
High52	15.84
High52 Date	2026-05-08
High52ch	-1.64%
Low	15.13
Low52	9.35
Low52 Date	2025-11-20
Low52ch	66.63%
Ma50ch	14.21%
Price vs 200-day SMA	28.86%
RSI	69.38
RSI Monthly	54.92
RSI Weekly	67.83
Sharpe ratio	0.72x
Sortino ratio	1.3
Total Return	1.48%
Tr YTD	37.61
Tr15y	247.83%
Tr1m	14.22%
Tr1w	2.84%
Tr3m	15.49%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.02
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-60
Earnings Revenue Estimate	211,378,880x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-5.28x
Operating Income	$6.8M
Operating Income Growth	-68.06
Operating Income Growth Q	-95.9
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-61.8
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-40.08
Operating margin	0.79

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	57,587,581%
Float Percent	70.58%
Shares Insiders	29.4%
Shares Institutions	66.16%
Shares Out	81,589,135
Shares Qo Q	0.06%
Shares Yo Y	0.06%
Short Float	2.67%
Short Ratio	1.91
Short Shares	1.88

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	948,808.35x
Bv Per Share	9.37
CAPEX	$-137.6M
Ch10y	110.1
Ch15y	168.5
Ch1m	14.22
Ch1w	2.84
Ch1y	22.77
Ch20y	142.4
Ch3m	14.9
Ch3y	-24.37
Ch5y	-12.03
Ch6m	57.53
Change	2.91%
Change From Open	2.64
Close	15.14
Days Gap	0.26
Depreciation Amortization	110,687,250
Dollar Volume	16,004,383.6
Earnings Date	2026-04-23
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$6.8M
EBITDA	$116.1M
EPS	$0.18
F Score	5
Financing CF	-19,370,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,946
Graham Number	6.12014
Graham Upside	-60.72
Income Tax	$5.7M
Investing CF	-36,071,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-23
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2020-08-14
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$0.89
Lynch Upside	-94.3
Ma150	12.22
Ma150ch	27.53%
Ma20	14.76
Ma20ch	5.56%
Net CF	34,881,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-15
Open	15.18
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	14.07
Payment Date	2026-06-30
Position In Range	63.38
Post Close	15.58
Postmarket Change Percent	0.83
Postmarket Price	$15.71
Ppne	750,078,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$10.95
Ptbv Ratio	1.66
Relative Volume	1.08x
Revenue	864,026,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.18x
Share Based Comp	1,587,000
Tax By Revenue	0.66x
Tax Rate	28.33%
Tr20y	214.96%
Tr6m	59.15%
Us State	Wisconsin
Volume	1,027,239
Z Score	5.37

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Income

MRTN dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+1.5%

$0.24 annual per share

Payout ratio

+135.0%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

-18.3%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+1.5%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-16

Performance

MRTN stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns MRTN?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+66.2%

Float: +70.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+29.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

MRTN momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

69.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+28.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.92

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.72

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

MRTN vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	Sprzedaj
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	Sprzedaj
DE	Deere & Company	155.3B	32.4x	3.3x	6.0%	+4.8%	+23.3%	Sprzedaj

Questions

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