Growth Metrics

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

Marten Transport (MRTN) reported EBITDA Margin of 5.69% for Q4 2025, down 918.0% year-over-year from 0.7% in Q4 2024, and down 55.49% on a QoQ basis from 12.78% in Q3 2025.

Marten Transport (MRTN) has 16 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 5.69% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 918.0% year-over-year to 5.69% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 12.51% (down 253.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.51%, down 253.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin declined to 5.69% in Q4 2025 per MRTN's latest filing, from 12.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 23.26% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 5.69% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 17.86% (2022), against an average of 17.57%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when EBITDA Margin jumped 240 bps; it then slumped 918 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing MRTN's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 21.22% in 2021, then retreated by 9 bps to 19.35% in 2022, then fell by 14 bps to 16.56% in 2023, then slipped by 10 bps to 14.87% in 2024, then slumped by 62 bps to 5.69% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MRTN EBITDA Margin figures stand at 5.69% (Q4 2025), 12.78% (Q3 2025), and 16.11% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA 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 -0.05%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.44%
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 5.69%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -2.74%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 5.69%
Sep 30, 2025 12.78%
Jun 30, 2025 16.11%
Mar 31, 2025 14.94%
Dec 31, 2024 14.87%
Sep 30, 2024 13.34%
Jun 30, 2024 15.51%
Mar 31, 2024 16.33%
Dec 31, 2023 16.56%
Sep 30, 2023 16.54%
Jun 30, 2023 20.18%
Mar 31, 2023 19.64%
Dec 31, 2022 19.35%
Sep 30, 2022 19.15%
Jun 30, 2022 20.57%
Mar 31, 2022 21.58%
Dec 31, 2021 21.22%
Sep 30, 2021 21.44%
Jun 30, 2021 23.26%
Mar 31, 2021 22.28%
Dec 31, 2020 22.64%
Sep 30, 2020 23.14%
Jun 30, 2020 24.12%
Mar 31, 2020 19.88%
Dec 31, 2019 20.09%
Sep 30, 2019 20.62%
Jun 30, 2019 20.47%
Mar 31, 2019 20.24%
Dec 31, 2018 20.52%
Sep 30, 2018 20.67%
Jun 30, 2018 20.51%
Mar 31, 2018 18.94%
Dec 31, 2017 19.47%
Sep 30, 2017 20.04%
Jun 30, 2017 21.50%
Mar 31, 2017 8.05%
Dec 31, 2016 20.72%
Sep 30, 2016 20.92%
Jun 30, 2016 21.16%
Mar 31, 2016 21.10%
Dec 31, 2015 20.79%
Sep 30, 2015 19.66%
Jun 30, 2015 19.85%
Mar 31, 2015 21.79%
Dec 31, 2014 19.68%
Sep 30, 2014 17.66%
Jun 30, 2014 17.69%
Mar 31, 2014 15.69%
Dec 31, 2013 17.45%
Sep 30, 2013 17.89%
Jun 30, 2013 18.18%
Mar 31, 2013 17.16%
Dec 31, 2012 17.43%
Sep 30, 2012 15.51%
Jun 30, 2012 18.05%
Mar 31, 2012 15.88%
Dec 31, 2011 17.76%
Sep 30, 2011 16.55%
Jun 30, 2011 16.83%
Mar 31, 2011 15.32%
Dec 31, 2010 16.44%
Sep 30, 2010 17.77%
Jun 30, 2010 17.32%