Marten Transport Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:MRTN)

Marten Transport trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MRTN."

Marten Transport declared a None dividend on Tuesday, August 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Monday, September 30th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 23rd. View Marten Transport's Dividend History.

Marten Transport shares split before market open on Monday, July 10th 2017. The 5-3 split was announced on Thursday, June 15th 2017. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, July 7th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Marten Transport stock prior to the split would have 167 shares after the split.

Marten Transport, Ltd (NASDAQ:MRTN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $212.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $208.45 million. Marten Transport had a return on equity of 10.25% and a net margin of 7.33%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.25 EPS. View Marten Transport's Earnings History.

Marten Transport is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Marten Transport.

2 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Marten Transport's stock. Their predictions range from $18.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Marten Transport's stock price to reach $20.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Marten Transport.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marten Transport in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Marten Transport.

Media coverage about MRTN stock has trended very positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marten Transport earned a news impact score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Marten Transport.

Marten Transport saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 749,100 shares, a drop of 25.8% from the August 30th total of 1,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 184,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Marten Transport's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Marten Transport include Landstar System (LSTR), Schneider National (SNDR), Saia (SAIA), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Heartland Express (HTLD), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), US Xpress Enterprises (USX), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), USA Truck (USAK) and Celadon Group (CGIP).

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Marten Transport's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.43%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Marten Transport stock include James J Hinnendael, Larry B Hagness, Randolph L Marten, Robert L Demorest and Thomas J Winkel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Marten Transport.

MRTN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Marten Transport company stock in the last year include Randolph L Marten, Robert L Demorest and Thomas J Winkel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marten Transport.

MRTN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marten Transport.

Shares of MRTN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MRTN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.18.

Marten Transport has a market capitalization of $1.16 billion and generates $787.59 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $55.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.00 on an earnings per share basis. Marten Transport employs 3,589 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Marten Transport.

The official website for Marten Transport is http://www.marten.com/.

Marten Transport's mailing address is 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI, 54755. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 715-926-4216 or via email at [email protected]