NASDAQ:MRTNMarten Transport Stock Price, Forecast & News

Marten Transport's stock was trading at $18.70 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MRTN stock has increased by 40.1% and is now trading at $26.20. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Marten Transport is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Marten Transport.

Marten Transport, Ltd (NASDAQ:MRTN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 16th. The transportation company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $218.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $207.55 million. Marten Transport had a return on equity of 10.24% and a net margin of 7.10%. Marten Transport's quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.25 EPS. View Marten Transport's earnings history.

Marten Transport declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. View Marten Transport's dividend history.

Marten Transport shares split on the morning of Monday, July 10th 2017. The 5-3 split was announced on Thursday, June 15th 2017. The newly created 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.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Marten Transport's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Marten Transport's share price to reach $24.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.4%. View analysts' price targets for Marten Transport.

Press coverage about MRTN stock has trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Marten Transport earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Marten Transport.

Marten Transport saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 909,500 shares, a decrease of 5.0% from the June 15th total of 957,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 293,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Marten Transport's Current Options Chain.

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

Marten Transport's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.36%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.24%), Diversified Trust Co (0.02%) and Everence Capital Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Marten Transport stock include James J Hinnendael, John H Turner, Larry B Hagness, Randolph L Marten, Robert L Demorest, Thomas J Winkel and Timothy M Kohl. 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 James J Hinnendael, John H Turner, Larry B Hagness, Randolph L Marten, Thomas J Winkel, and Timothy M Kohl. View insider buying and selling activity for Marten Transport.

MRTN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Diversified Trust Co, and Everence Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $26.20.

Marten Transport has a market capitalization of $1.44 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 4,087 workers across the globe.

The official website for Marten Transport is 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 www.marten.com.