MRTNMarten Transport, Ltd.

$12.93+14% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 39 out of 100, Below average

Below average. Marten Transport, Ltd. scores higher than 29% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by cycle position and capital allocation, held back by valuation and return on new capital.

Industrials median 61 · all companies 57

Valuation

26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps

0median 56

Marten Transport, Ltd. is valued at 89.2x its operating profit, including debt: past the 60 times where this criterion gives nothing.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
89.2x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

46median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 8.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
8.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 2%

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps

0median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 19 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -41%, and 46% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
-19%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps

68median 67

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 0.4% a year over 5 years: buybacks
68
5%
-3%
-0.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.7% a year, sales 0.2%
68
12%
-2%
2.5%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps

100median 62

Today's operating margin of 1.8% is 0.20x its normal 9.2%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 1.8%

Balance sheet

Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others

n/ano data

No debt or interest figures on file.

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

100median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 3.42x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
3.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.9% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-7.9%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For MRTN, balance sheet could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.