Growth Metrics

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) reported Return on Capital Employed of 4.03% for Q1 2026, down 128.0% year-over-year from 14.39% in Q1 2025, and down 23.36% on a QoQ basis from 5.26% in Q3 2025.

Covenant Logistics (CVLG) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 4.03% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 128.0% year-over-year to 4.03% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.03% (down 128.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.36%, down 513.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 4.03% in Q1 2026 per CVLG's latest filing, from 5.26% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 22.53% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 4.03% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.81% (2023), against an average of 10.79%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 1569 bps; it then sank 1472 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing CVLG's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 19.45% in 2022, then slumped by 60 bps to 7.81% in 2023, then decreased by 20 bps to 6.24% in 2024, then fell by 16 bps to 5.26% in 2025, then declined by 23 bps to 4.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CVLG Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 4.03% (Q1 2026), 5.26% (Q3 2025), and 6.26% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 26.96%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 10.45%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 10.92%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 1.68%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.81%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.46%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 4.94%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.83%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.59%
10 Covenant Logistics 1.02 Bn 1.01 Bn 292.96 Mn 4.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.03%
Sep 30, 2025 5.26%
Jun 30, 2025 6.26%
Mar 31, 2025 5.31%
Sep 30, 2024 6.24%
Jun 30, 2024 6.31%
Mar 31, 2024 5.87%
Dec 31, 2023 7.81%
Sep 30, 2023 7.81%
Jun 30, 2023 14.97%
Mar 31, 2023 17.84%
Dec 31, 2022 19.45%
Sep 30, 2022 22.53%
Jun 30, 2022 16.80%
Mar 31, 2022 15.31%
Dec 31, 2021 12.55%
Sep 30, 2021 12.28%
Jun 30, 2021 9.49%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.38%
Dec 31, 2020 -2.47%
Sep 30, 2020 -3.40%
Jun 30, 2020 -4.52%
Mar 31, 2020 0.46%
Dec 31, 2019 1.20%
Sep 30, 2019 4.07%
Jun 30, 2019 6.96%
Mar 31, 2019 8.41%
Dec 31, 2018 9.32%
Sep 30, 2018 8.43%
Jun 30, 2018 7.41%
Mar 31, 2018 5.97%
Dec 31, 2017 4.95%
Sep 30, 2017 4.71%
Jun 30, 2017 4.16%
Mar 31, 2017 4.87%
Dec 31, 2016 6.36%
Sep 30, 2016 8.73%
Jun 30, 2016 11.06%
Mar 31, 2016 33.04%
Dec 31, 2015 36.72%
Sep 30, 2015 14.91%
Jun 30, 2015 13.74%
Mar 31, 2015 12.32%
Dec 31, 2014 10.84%
Sep 30, 2014 6.41%
Jun 30, 2014 6.73%
Mar 31, 2014 15.49%
Dec 31, 2013 16.73%
Sep 30, 2013 5.35%
Jun 30, 2013 5.18%
Mar 31, 2013 23.88%
Dec 31, 2012 30.68%
Sep 30, 2012 7.18%
Jun 30, 2012 1.72%
Mar 31, 2012 1.09%
Dec 31, 2011 -1.35%
Sep 30, 2011 -6.31%