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

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

Marten Transport announced a None dividend on Tuesday, August 13th. Investors 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's stock 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 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.01. The transportation company had revenue of $212.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 last year, the company earned $0.25 earnings per share. View Marten Transport's Earnings History.

Marten Transport is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Marten Transport.

2 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Marten Transport's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Marten Transport's share price to reach $20.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.7%. 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.

Press coverage about MRTN stock has been trending negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Marten Transport earned a media sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Marten Transport.

Marten Transport saw a drop in short interest in 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 volume of 184,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company 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), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Saia (SAIA), 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).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Marten Transport investors own include Accenture (ACN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Pentair (PNR), Mondi (MNDI), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Continental Resources (CLR), Honeywell International (HON), Charles Schwab (SCHW) and CA (CA).

Marten Transport's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.43%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $20.99.

Marten Transport has a market capitalization of $1.15 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]