CVLGCovenant Logistics Group, Inc.

$31.96+45% 1Y
Latest close: below its 200-day averageOct 9, 2026what changed →

Is the business good?

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Margins compressing. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 to watch, 3 without data
Margin direction, 3 years−8.6 ptsderived

Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)middle of the market

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. earns −0.13% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−0.13%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 9.1 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−0.09%

Operating margin · Trucking median 1.3% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Share count, year on year
−2.4%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2020−1.7%
FY20216.4%
FY20229.9%
FY20235.3%
FY20244.0%
FY20250.25%
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Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
−0.09%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
0.31%
Free cash flow margin
−3.1%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$1.23B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
−$38M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$3.8M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−0.13%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.