Growth Metrics

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 1.62 for Q1 2026, down 39.44% year-over-year from 2.67 in Q1 2025, and down 29.27% on a QoQ basis from 2.29 in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) has 17 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.62 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 39.44% year-over-year to 1.62 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.4 (down 23.42% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.24, down 92.61% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio eased to 1.62 in Q1 2026 per CVLG's latest filing, from 2.29 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 63.16 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.3 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 5.55 (2023), against an average of 14.41.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Interest Coverage Ratio jumped 203.79%; it then sank 94.34% in 2024.
  • Tracing CVLG's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 13.18 in 2022, then tumbled by 55.59% to 5.85 in 2023, then dropped by 13.45% to 5.07 in 2024, then slumped by 54.9% to 2.29 in 2025, then retreated by 29.27% to 1.62 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CVLG Interest Coverage Ratio figures stand at 1.62 (Q1 2026), 2.29 (Q3 2025), and 4.68 (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 1,061.34
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 3.28
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 25.95
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.93
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 4.77
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.80
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.34
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -
10 Covenant Logistics 1.02 Bn 1.01 Bn 292.96 Mn 1.62

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.62
Sep 30, 2025 2.29
Jun 30, 2025 4.68
Mar 31, 2025 2.67
Sep 30, 2024 5.07
Jun 30, 2024 4.10
Mar 31, 2024 1.30
Dec 31, 2023 5.85
Sep 30, 2023 5.74
Jun 30, 2023 5.55
Mar 31, 2023 22.93
Dec 31, 2022 13.18
Sep 30, 2022 63.16
Jun 30, 2022 35.08
Mar 31, 2022 42.97
Dec 31, 2021 29.61
Sep 30, 2021 27.74
Jun 30, 2021 25.89
Mar 31, 2021 14.14
Dec 31, 2020 10.35
Sep 30, 2020 3.52
Jun 30, 2020 -13.89
Mar 31, 2020 -0.77
Dec 31, 2019 0.77
Sep 30, 2019 -1.76
Jun 30, 2019 3.55
Mar 31, 2019 1.61
Dec 31, 2018 22.68
Sep 30, 2018 6.58
Jun 30, 2018 7.25
Mar 31, 2018 3.28
Dec 31, 2017 7.27
Sep 30, 2017 4.16
Jun 30, 2017 2.02
Mar 31, 2017 0.15
Dec 31, 2016 6.08
Sep 30, 2016 2.78
Jun 30, 2016 3.74
Mar 31, 2016 3.23
Dec 31, 2015 9.80
Sep 30, 2015 7.17
Jun 30, 2015 10.93
Mar 31, 2015 4.56
Dec 31, 2014 9.18
Sep 30, 2014 2.12
Jun 30, 2014 3.33
Mar 31, 2014 0.13
Dec 31, 2013 3.21
Sep 30, 2013 2.47
Jun 30, 2013 2.43
Mar 31, 2013 -0.27
Dec 31, 2012 0.23
Sep 30, 2012 -1.52
Jun 30, 2012 -3.30
Mar 31, 2012 0.67
Dec 31, 2011 0.04
Sep 30, 2011 2.38
Jun 30, 2011 -1.84
Dec 31, 2010 4.00
Sep 30, 2010 -1.97
Jun 30, 2010 2.34