Marten Transport reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $2.9 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, up from $2.2 million, or 3 cents, a year earlier, on operating revenue of $223.2 million. Net income for the first nine months fell to $9.6 million from $13.7 million, and management said higher net fuel and health insurance costs reduced third-quarter net income by $3.7 million. The filing includes no earnings guidance.
Q3 2026 net income was $2.9 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, versus $2.2 million, or 3 cents, in Q3 2025.
Operating revenue was $223.2 million versus $220.5 million; fuel surcharge revenue rose to $39.0 million from $26.5 million.
Nine-month net income was $9.6 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, versus $13.7 million, or 17 cents, a year earlier.
Management said net fuel and health insurance costs reduced Q3 net income by $3.7 million, or 4.5 cents per share, partly offset by a larger equipment sale gain.
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From Marten Transport, Ltd.'s 10-Q and 10-K filings (SEC XBRL). YoY compares each quarter with the same quarter a year earlier; it is blank when the year-ago figure is missing or negative.
Annual results
Fiscal year
Revenue
Growth
EPS (diluted)
Growth
Net margin
FY2025
$883.65M
-8.3%
$0.21
-36.4%
2.0%
FY2024
$963.71M
-14.8%
$0.33
-61.6%
2.8%
FY2023
$1.13B
-10.5%
$0.86
-36.3%
6.2%
FY2022
$1.26B
+29.8%
$1.35
+32.4%
8.7%
FY2021
$973.64M
+11.4%
$1.02
+21.4%
8.8%
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What did Marten Transport earn last quarter?
For the quarter ended Sep 2026, Marten Transport reported diluted EPS of $0.04 (+33.3% year over year) on revenue of $223.23M (+1.3%).
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