Marten Transport, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRTN) Declares $0.06 Quarterly Dividend

Marten Transport, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRTN) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 7th, Zacks reports. Investors of record on Friday, June 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.06 per share by the transportation company on Friday, June 28th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 14th.

Marten Transport has raised its dividend payment by an average of 21.6% annually over the last three years. Marten Transport has a dividend payout ratio of 23.5% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings.

Marten Transport Stock Performance

Marten Transport stock traded up $0.06 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $17.68. 79,878 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 460,140. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.93 and a beta of 0.79. The business’s 50-day moving average is $17.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $18.77. Marten Transport has a 12 month low of $15.33 and a 12 month high of $23.38.

Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The transportation company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12. The firm had revenue of $249.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $262.77 million. Marten Transport had a return on equity of 7.65% and a net margin of 5.31%. The business’s revenue was down 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.28 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on MRTN. Vertical Research raised shares of Marten Transport from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 10th. Stephens dropped their price objective on shares of Marten Transport from $23.00 to $21.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 19th.

About Marten Transport

Marten Transport, Ltd. operates as a temperature-sensitive truckload carrier for shippers in the United State, Mexico, and Canada. The company operates through four segments: Truckload, Dedicated, Intermodal, and Brokerage. The Truckload segment transports food and other consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-controlled or insulated environment, as well as dry freight; and regional short-haul and medium-to-long-haul full-load transportation services.