“In addition to the factors discussed below, our profitability across each segment in 2024 was impacted by a freight market which has considerably softened from the conditions during 2023.”10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗
Marten Transport, Ltd.
MRTN
Market read
Marten Transport, Ltd.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 14 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- MRTN's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MRTN's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 14 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- MRTN's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 5.36x in the latest annual period.
- Latest annual revenue changed -8.3% year over year.
- P/E is 35% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
13.92Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Impacting the 2026 period operating ratio was higher fuel costs, partially offset by lower company driver compensation, both as a percentage of revenue, along with improved average revenue per tractor.”10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.3× · EV/sales 1.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MRTN. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for MRTN. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind MRTN
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
WMTWalmart Inc.customerFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“In 2025, our largest customer was Walmart.”
Depended on by
HUBGHub Group, Inc.investeeNov 5, 2025 ▾
“Acquisitions Marten Intermodal Transaction On September 30, 2025 , we closed on the transaction to acquire certain assets of Marten Transport, Ltd.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
MRTN is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Logistics & Asset Management. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for MRTN; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.