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

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 9.26% for Q1 2026, up 68.0% YoY from 5.51% in Q1 2025, and up 188.82% sequentially from 10.42% in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Covenant Logistics has disclosed FCF Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 9.26% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 68.0% year-over-year to 9.26%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.18% (up 336.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 2.91%, down 26.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin improved to 9.26% in Q1 2026, from 10.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for CVLG reached as high as 10.54% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 26.9% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 4.29% (2023), against an average of 4.32%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Margin tumbled 2659 bps — and 2025, when it soared 1814 bps.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 0.3% in 2022, then plunged by 8757 bps to 26.9% in 2023, then soared by 61 bps to 10.61% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 10.42% in 2025, then soared by 189 bps to 9.26% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 9.26%, 10.42%, and 7.64% for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 TFI International 160.26 Bn 160.08 Bn 963.70 Mn 7.57%
2 Old Dominion Freight Line 45.40 Bn 45.11 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.31%
3 Xpo 24.25 Bn 24.01 Bn 1.67 Bn 3.44%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.57 Bn 12.51 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.68%
5 Saia 11.19 Bn 11.15 Bn - 9.12%
6 Schneider National 6.37 Bn 6.11 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.95%
7 Rxo 4.69 Bn 4.67 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.68%
8 Arcbest 3.12 Bn 3.04 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.12%
9 Werner Enterprises 2.63 Bn 2.59 Bn 726.17 Mn 9.99%
10 Covenant Logistics 1.12 Bn 1.11 Bn 292.96 Mn 9.26%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.26%
Sep 30, 2025 -10.42%
Jun 30, 2025 -7.64%
Mar 31, 2025 8.58%
Sep 30, 2024 -10.61%
Jun 30, 2024 -19.06%
Mar 31, 2024 -9.56%
Dec 31, 2023 -26.90%
Sep 30, 2023 -4.29%
Jun 30, 2023 -13.77%
Mar 31, 2023 -3.36%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.30%
Sep 30, 2022 6.91%
Jun 30, 2022 5.87%
Mar 31, 2022 10.54%
Dec 31, 2021 -2.89%
Sep 30, 2021 9.57%
Jun 30, 2021 5.63%
Mar 31, 2021 2.58%
Dec 31, 2020 3.40%