Growth Metrics

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) FCF Payout Ratio (2022 - 2026)

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.06 for Q1 2026, down 23.21% year-over-year from 0.08 in Q1 2025, and up 135.34% on a QoQ basis from 0.17 in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) has 5 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.06 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 23.21% year-over-year to 0.06 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.49 (down 192.13% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.21, down 9.53% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.06 in Q1 2026 per CVLG's latest filing, from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.11 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.22 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.05 (2024), against an average of 0.12.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio plunged 579.46%; it then surged 248.6% in 2025.
  • Tracing CVLG's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 1.22 in 2022, then jumped by 98.4% to 0.02 in 2023, then tumbled by 629.09% to 0.14 in 2024, then fell by 22.93% to 0.17 in 2025, then jumped by 135.34% to 0.06 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CVLG FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.06 (Q1 2026), 0.17 (Q3 2025), and 0.16 (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.19
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn -
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - -
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 2.62
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.31
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -2.19
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.10
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.82
10 Covenant Logistics 1.02 Bn 1.01 Bn 292.96 Mn 0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.06
Sep 30, 2025 -0.17
Jun 30, 2025 -0.16
Mar 31, 2025 0.08
Sep 30, 2024 -0.14
Jun 30, 2024 -0.05
Mar 31, 2024 -0.05
Dec 31, 2023 -0.02
Sep 30, 2023 -0.12
Jun 30, 2023 -0.04
Mar 31, 2023 -0.16
Dec 31, 2022 -1.22
Sep 30, 2022 0.11
Jun 30, 2022 0.05
Mar 31, 2022 0.03