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

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

Marten Transport declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.56%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. 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 issued shares were payable 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The transportation company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.02. The transportation company had revenue of $214.97 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $208.10 million. Marten Transport had a net margin of 7.36% and a return on equity of 10.40%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share. View Marten Transport's Earnings History.

Marten Transport is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Marten Transport.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Marten Transport's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Marten Transport's stock price to reach $21.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.0% from the stock's current price. 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.

News stories about MRTN stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media 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 increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,110,000 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the December 15th total of 917,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 177,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Marten Transport's Current Options Chain.

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Marten Transport's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.45%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), AE Wealth Management LLC (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 AE Wealth Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. 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 $21.49.

Marten Transport has a market capitalization of $1.18 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]