Growth Metrics

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

Marten Transport (MRTN) reported EBT Margin of 2.4% for Q4 2025, down 69.0% year-over-year from 7.75% in Q4 2024, and up 79.5% on a QoQ basis from 1.34% in Q3 2025.

Marten Transport (MRTN) has 16 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 2.4% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 69.0% year-over-year to 2.4% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 2.76% (down 101.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.76%, down 101.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin grew to 2.4% in Q4 2025 per MRTN's latest filing, from 1.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 12.48% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 1.34% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 8.27% (2023), against an average of 7.52%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when EBT Margin jumped 247 bps; it then slumped 579 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing MRTN's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 11.5% in 2021, then fell by 10 bps to 10.32% in 2022, then slumped by 40 bps to 6.16% in 2023, then tumbled by 50 bps to 3.09% in 2024, then decreased by 22 bps to 2.4% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MRTN EBT Margin figures stand at 2.4% (Q4 2025), 1.34% (Q3 2025), and 4.42% (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.80%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 5.92%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.07%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.08%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.94%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.44%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.13%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn -0.73%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 2.40%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -3.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 2.40%
Sep 30, 2025 1.34%
Jun 30, 2025 4.42%
Mar 31, 2025 2.78%
Dec 31, 2024 3.09%
Sep 30, 2024 2.19%
Jun 30, 2024 4.46%
Mar 31, 2024 5.23%
Dec 31, 2023 6.16%
Sep 30, 2023 6.53%
Jun 30, 2023 10.25%
Mar 31, 2023 10.02%
Dec 31, 2022 10.32%
Sep 30, 2022 10.49%
Jun 30, 2022 12.43%
Mar 31, 2022 12.48%
Dec 31, 2021 11.50%
Sep 30, 2021 11.34%
Jun 30, 2021 12.27%
Mar 31, 2021 10.76%
Dec 31, 2020 11.25%
Sep 30, 2020 11.30%
Jun 30, 2020 11.90%
Mar 31, 2020 8.29%
Dec 31, 2019 8.77%
Sep 30, 2019 9.44%
Jun 30, 2019 9.59%
Mar 31, 2019 9.05%
Dec 31, 2018 9.69%
Sep 30, 2018 9.57%
Jun 30, 2018 9.32%
Mar 31, 2018 7.37%
Dec 31, 2017 7.78%
Sep 30, 2017 7.62%
Jun 30, 2017 9.00%
Mar 31, 2017 7.97%
Dec 31, 2016 8.16%
Sep 30, 2016 8.52%
Jun 30, 2016 8.75%
Mar 31, 2016 8.59%
Dec 31, 2015 8.89%
Sep 30, 2015 8.30%
Jun 30, 2015 8.65%
Mar 31, 2015 10.72%
Dec 31, 2014 9.29%
Sep 30, 2014 7.73%
Jun 30, 2014 8.04%
Mar 31, 2014 5.48%
Dec 31, 2013 7.69%
Sep 30, 2013 8.25%
Jun 30, 2013 8.22%
Mar 31, 2013 7.63%
Dec 31, 2012 7.94%
Sep 30, 2012 6.02%
Jun 30, 2012 8.47%
Mar 31, 2012 6.30%
Dec 31, 2011 8.19%
Sep 30, 2011 7.12%
Jun 30, 2011 7.52%
Mar 31, 2011 5.51%
Dec 31, 2010 6.64%
Sep 30, 2010 7.73%
Jun 30, 2010 7.28%