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MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD

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MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD

MRTN·NASDAQ·Energy & Transportation·CIK 0000799167

The company is a multifaceted transportation and distribution business specializing in time and temperature-sensitive, and dry truck-based services. It operates across five business platforms: Temperature-Sensitive and Dry Truckload, Dedicated, Brokerage, and MRTN de Mexico. Its Intermodal operations were sold effective September 30, 2025. The company is a leading temperature-sensitive truckload carrier in the United States, transporting and distributing food and other consumer packaged goods requiring temperature-controlled or insulated environments. In 2025, it generated $883.7 million in operating revenue. Approximately 59% of its Truckload and Dedicated revenue in 2025 came from hauling temperature-sensitive products, and 41% from hauling dry freight. The company operates throughout the United States and in parts of Mexico and Canada, with revenue primarily from the United States. It provides regional truckload carrier services in the Southeast, West Coast, Midwest, South Central, and Northeast regions. Primary medium-to-long-haul traffic lanes are between the Midwest and the West Coast, Southwest, Southeast, and the East Coast, as well as from California to the Pacific Northwest. In 2025, the average length of haul was 405 miles. The company operates a fleet of 2,654 company and independent contractor tractors. It has four reporting segments: Truckload, Dedicated, and Brokerage, along with Intermodal operations which were sold effective September 30, 2025. The Truckload segment provides regional short-haul and medium-to-long-haul full-load transportation services.

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD (NASDAQ:MRTN) is a publicly traded company in the Energy & Transportation sector. Wiseek has independently scored 7 items for MRTN at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-06, rated 8/10. Across its 7 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for MRTN spans 10-Q, 8-K, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Marten Transport Q2: Profit Plunges 26% as Cash Hoard Masks a Deepening Freight Recession
  • Marten Transport Q2 Earnings: Net Income Jumps 286% Sequentially to $5.3M as Freight Market Tightens
  • Marten Transport Reports Steep Q1 Profit Decline Amid Weak Freight Market
  • Marten Transport Q1 Revenue Misses Estimates by 4%, Net Income Plummets
  • Marten Transport Reports Steep Q1 Profit Decline Amid Weak Freight Market

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$883.65M
Net Income
$17.44M
Diluted EPS
$0.21
Op. Cash Flow
$93.49M
Operating Income
$22.91M
Cash & Equivalents
$43.28M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
2.0%
Shares Outstanding
81.54M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-27 · accession 0001437749-26-005971

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.73 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 3,565,604 shares in MRTN as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 6.3% increase from the prior period — about 6.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 61.1% of MRTN volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)3,565,604 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 6.3%
Days to cover6.73 at avg daily volume of 529,464
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)61.1% of 207,646 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume58.8%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$13.34
52-week range · as of 2026-08-06 $9.35 – $18.48
Market cap
$1.09B
Volume
671.3K (1.0× avg)
3-mo avg 680.7K
Live data · 2026-10-03 11:39 UTC · Market closed

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Aug 06, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
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Jan 27, 2026, 4:10 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
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Price at Filing: $12.46
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Change: +$0.880 (+7%) info
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