Why Marten Transport Is Poised to Keep Trucking
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, temperature-sensitive truckload carrier Marten Transport has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Marten Transport and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Marten Transportfacts
Headquarters (Founded) | Mondovi, Wis. (1946) |
Market Cap | $429.9 million |
Industry | Trucking |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $630.4 million |
Management | Chairman/CEO Randolph Marten |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 7.7% |
Cash/Debt | $5.1 million / $0 |
Dividend Yield | 0.5% |
Competitors | C.R. England |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 80% of the 49 members who have rated Marten Transport believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, hend6, succinctly summed up the Marten Transport bull case for our community:
Good growth in the last few years with a solid balance sheet. Trucking should continue to stay in high demand and grow even more as people turn to online services for product shipments. Not a huge company, but stable and has been around for a while, also providing a small dividend.
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