Growth Metrics

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) reported EBT Margin of 1.98% for Q1 2026, down 119.0% year-over-year from 10.42% in Q1 2025, and down 26.83% on a QoQ basis from 2.71% in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) has 17 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 1.98% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 119.0% year-over-year to 1.98% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.06% (down 104.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.48%, down 358.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin eased to 1.98% in Q1 2026 per CVLG's latest filing, from 2.71% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 43.87% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.68% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 5.52% (2024), against an average of 8.07%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin jumped 3565 bps; it then plunged 3770 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing CVLG's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.73% in 2022, then grew by 28 bps to 6.04% in 2023, then fell by 2 bps to 5.91% in 2024, then sank by 54 bps to 2.71% in 2025, then slipped by 27 bps to 1.98% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CVLG EBT Margin figures stand at 1.98% (Q1 2026), 2.71% (Q3 2025), and 4.41% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.80%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 5.92%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.07%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.08%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.94%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.44%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.13%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn -0.73%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 2.40%
10 Covenant Logistics 1.02 Bn 1.01 Bn 292.96 Mn 1.98%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.98%
Sep 30, 2025 2.71%
Jun 30, 2025 4.41%
Mar 31, 2025 3.17%
Sep 30, 2024 5.91%
Jun 30, 2024 5.52%
Mar 31, 2024 1.68%
Dec 31, 2023 6.04%
Sep 30, 2023 6.18%
Jun 30, 2023 5.49%
Mar 31, 2023 8.55%
Dec 31, 2022 4.73%
Sep 30, 2022 43.87%
Jun 30, 2022 10.46%
Mar 31, 2022 10.32%
Dec 31, 2021 7.76%
Sep 30, 2021 8.23%
Jun 30, 2021 8.20%
Mar 31, 2021 5.76%
Dec 31, 2020 5.16%
Sep 30, 2020 2.87%
Jun 30, 2020 -15.91%
Mar 31, 2020 -1.94%
Dec 31, 2019 -0.45%
Sep 30, 2019 -1.78%
Jun 30, 2019 3.42%
Mar 31, 2019 2.77%
Dec 31, 2018 7.38%
Sep 30, 2018 6.52%
Jun 30, 2018 7.08%
Mar 31, 2018 3.43%
Dec 31, 2017 6.70%
Sep 30, 2017 4.26%
Jun 30, 2017 1.70%
Mar 31, 2017 -0.47%
Dec 31, 2016 5.66%
Sep 30, 2016 2.39%
Jun 30, 2016 4.10%
Mar 31, 2016 3.82%
Dec 31, 2015 10.91%
Sep 30, 2015 7.83%
Jun 30, 2015 10.48%
Mar 31, 2015 5.52%
Dec 31, 2014 11.20%
Sep 30, 2014 2.16%
Jun 30, 2014 4.14%
Mar 31, 2014 -0.99%
Dec 31, 2013 3.79%
Sep 30, 2013 2.72%
Jun 30, 2013 2.48%
Mar 31, 2013 -1.74%
Dec 31, 2012 1.70%
Sep 30, 2012 1.28%
Jun 30, 2012 4.75%
Mar 31, 2012 -0.58%
Dec 31, 2011 -1.66%
Sep 30, 2011 -8.34%
Jun 30, 2011 2.00%
Mar 31, 2011 -2.39%
Dec 31, 2010 1.34%
Sep 30, 2010 2.86%
Jun 30, 2010 4.06%