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

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.06 for Q1 2026, down 23.21% YoY from 0.08 in Q1 2025, and up 135.34% sequentially from 0.17 in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) FCF Payout Ratio (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Covenant Logistics has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 5 years of filings, most recently posting 0.06 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 23.21% year-over-year to 0.06; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.49 (down 192.13% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.21, down 9.53% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.06 in Q1 2026, from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for CVLG reached as high as 0.11 in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 1.22 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.05 (2024), against an average of 0.12.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio plunged 579.46% — and 2025, when it jumped 248.6%.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.22 in 2022, then soared by 98.4% to 0.02 in 2023, then tumbled by 629.09% to 0.14 in 2024, then decreased by 22.93% to 0.17 in 2025, then soared by 135.34% to 0.06 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.06, 0.17, and 0.16 for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 TFI International 160.26 Bn 160.08 Bn 963.70 Mn -0.26
2 Old Dominion Freight Line 45.40 Bn 45.11 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.19
3 Xpo 24.25 Bn 24.01 Bn 1.67 Bn -
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.57 Bn 12.51 Bn 1.57 Bn 2.62
5 Saia 11.19 Bn 11.15 Bn - -
6 Schneider National 6.37 Bn 6.11 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.31
7 Rxo 4.69 Bn 4.67 Bn 254.00 Mn -
8 Arcbest 3.12 Bn 3.04 Bn 951.93 Mn -2.19
9 Werner Enterprises 2.63 Bn 2.59 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.10
10 Covenant Logistics 1.12 Bn 1.11 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