Growth Metrics

Marten Transport (MRTN) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2025)

Marten Transport (MRTN) reported EBIT Margin of 6.29% for Q4 2025, down 921.0% year-over-year from 0.77% in Q4 2024, and down 606.34% on a QoQ basis from 1.24% in Q3 2025.

Marten Transport (MRTN) has 16 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 6.29% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin fell 921.0% year-over-year to 6.29% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.58% (down 287.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.58%, down 287.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin declined to 6.29% in Q4 2025 per MRTN's latest filing, from 1.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 12.48% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 6.29% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 7.95% (2023), against an average of 6.92%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when EBIT Margin jumped 251 bps; it then tumbled 921 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing MRTN's EBIT Margin over 5 years: stood at 11.49% in 2021, then retreated by 12 bps to 10.16% in 2022, then tumbled by 43 bps to 5.84% in 2023, then plunged by 50 bps to 2.92% in 2024, then sank by 315 bps to 6.29% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MRTN EBIT Margin figures stand at 6.29% (Q4 2025), 1.24% (Q3 2025), and 4.23% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT 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 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -1.87%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -6.29%
Sep 30, 2025 1.24%
Jun 30, 2025 4.23%
Mar 31, 2025 2.63%
Dec 31, 2024 2.92%
Sep 30, 2024 1.80%
Jun 30, 2024 4.05%
Mar 31, 2024 4.91%
Dec 31, 2023 5.84%
Sep 30, 2023 6.16%
Jun 30, 2023 9.88%
Mar 31, 2023 9.73%
Dec 31, 2022 10.16%
Sep 30, 2022 10.41%
Jun 30, 2022 12.42%
Mar 31, 2022 12.48%
Dec 31, 2021 11.49%
Sep 30, 2021 11.34%
Jun 30, 2021 12.27%
Mar 31, 2021 10.76%
Dec 31, 2020 11.24%
Sep 30, 2020 11.30%
Jun 30, 2020 11.89%
Mar 31, 2020 8.25%
Dec 31, 2019 8.65%
Sep 30, 2019 9.32%
Jun 30, 2019 9.40%
Mar 31, 2019 8.91%
Dec 31, 2018 9.58%
Sep 30, 2018 9.51%
Jun 30, 2018 9.25%
Mar 31, 2018 7.27%
Dec 31, 2017 7.84%
Sep 30, 2017 7.63%
Jun 30, 2017 9.08%
Mar 31, 2017 8.05%
Dec 31, 2016 8.42%
Sep 30, 2016 8.72%
Jun 30, 2016 8.90%
Mar 31, 2016 8.72%
Dec 31, 2015 9.03%
Sep 30, 2015 8.38%
Jun 30, 2015 8.66%
Mar 31, 2015 10.73%
Dec 31, 2014 9.45%
Sep 30, 2014 7.60%
Jun 30, 2014 7.68%
Mar 31, 2014 5.42%
Dec 31, 2013 7.63%
Sep 30, 2013 8.17%
Jun 30, 2013 8.13%
Mar 31, 2013 7.62%
Dec 31, 2012 7.94%
Sep 30, 2012 6.01%
Jun 30, 2012 8.46%
Mar 31, 2012 6.28%
Dec 31, 2011 8.18%
Sep 30, 2011 7.11%
Jun 30, 2011 7.52%
Mar 31, 2011 5.52%
Dec 31, 2010 6.65%
Sep 30, 2010 7.76%
Jun 30, 2010 7.30%