Growth Metrics

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

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) reported Operating Margin of 2.05% for Q1 2026, down 79.0% year-over-year from 9.74% in Q1 2025, and down 23.39% on a QoQ basis from 2.67% in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 2.05% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 79.0% year-over-year to 2.05% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.84% (down 106.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.25%, down 370.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin eased to 2.05% in Q1 2026 per CVLG's latest filing, from 2.67% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 39.54% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.56% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 5.21% (2023), against an average of 7.01%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin jumped 3223 bps; it then sank 3430 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing CVLG's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 3.68% in 2022, then surged by 41 bps to 5.21% in 2023, then increased by 8 bps to 5.64% in 2024, then tumbled by 53 bps to 2.67% in 2025, then dropped by 23 bps to 2.05% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CVLG Operating Margin figures stand at 2.05% (Q1 2026), 2.67% (Q3 2025), and 3.82% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.78%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 8.30%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.29%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 1.54%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 2.39%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.96%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.34%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.49%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -6.29%
10 Covenant Logistics 1.02 Bn 1.01 Bn 292.96 Mn 2.05%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.05%
Sep 30, 2025 2.67%
Jun 30, 2025 3.82%
Mar 31, 2025 2.83%
Sep 30, 2024 5.64%
Jun 30, 2024 5.42%
Mar 31, 2024 1.56%
Dec 31, 2023 5.21%
Sep 30, 2023 5.24%
Jun 30, 2023 4.30%
Mar 31, 2023 6.61%
Dec 31, 2022 3.68%
Sep 30, 2022 39.54%
Jun 30, 2022 8.47%
Mar 31, 2022 8.18%
Dec 31, 2021 6.20%
Sep 30, 2021 7.31%
Jun 30, 2021 7.15%
Mar 31, 2021 4.76%
Dec 31, 2020 4.25%
Sep 30, 2020 3.23%
Jun 30, 2020 -15.10%
Mar 31, 2020 -0.69%
Dec 31, 2019 0.72%
Sep 30, 2019 -1.76%
Jun 30, 2019 3.24%
Mar 31, 2019 1.82%
Dec 31, 2018 8.20%
Sep 30, 2018 6.65%
Jun 30, 2018 7.16%
Mar 31, 2018 3.70%
Dec 31, 2017 7.30%
Sep 30, 2017 5.06%
Jun 30, 2017 2.41%
Mar 31, 2017 0.19%
Dec 31, 2016 6.42%
Sep 30, 2016 3.31%
Jun 30, 2016 4.61%
Mar 31, 2016 4.74%
Dec 31, 2015 11.70%
Sep 30, 2015 8.43%
Jun 30, 2015 10.70%
Mar 31, 2015 6.01%
Dec 31, 2014 11.92%
Sep 30, 2014 3.15%
Jun 30, 2014 5.21%
Mar 31, 2014 0.22%
Dec 31, 2013 5.03%
Sep 30, 2013 3.44%
Jun 30, 2013 3.68%
Mar 31, 2013 -0.43%
Dec 31, 2012 2.90%
Sep 30, 2012 2.76%
Jun 30, 2012 6.46%
Mar 31, 2012 1.50%
Dec 31, 2011 0.72%
Sep 30, 2011 -6.04%
Jun 30, 2011 4.18%
Mar 31, 2011 0.19%
Dec 31, 2010 -12.24%
Sep 30, 2010 5.88%
Jun 30, 2010 7.10%