NASDAQ:MRTN - Marten Transport Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Marten Transport announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 29th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View Marten Transport's Dividend History.

Marten Transport's stock split on Monday, July 10th 2017. The 5-3 split was announced on Thursday, June 15th 2017. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $217.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $215.90 million. Marten Transport had a return on equity of 10.31% and a net margin of 7.24%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.29 EPS. View Marten Transport's Earnings History.

Marten Transport is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Marten Transport.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Marten Transport's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Marten Transport's share price to reach $21.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Marten Transport.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marten Transport in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Marten Transport.

Headlines about MRTN stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Marten Transport earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Marten Transport.

Marten Transport saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 981,000 shares, a drop of 11.6% from the January 15th total of 1,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 174,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Marten Transport's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Marten Transport include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J B Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), AMERCO (UHAL), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Saia (SAIA), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Ryder System (R), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH) and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS).

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Marten Transport's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.74%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.58%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.90%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.76%), State Street Corp (2.24%) and Granite Investment Partners LLC (1.78%). Company insiders that own Marten Transport stock include James J Hinnendael, 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 Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Marten Transport company stock in the last year include Robert L Demorest and Thomas J Winkel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marten Transport.

MRTN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Algert Global LLC, Equitable Holdings Inc. and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $23.20.

Marten Transport has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion and generates $843.27 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $61.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.11 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]