Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for MRTN in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Marten Transport (MRTN) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$12.76+0.01 (+0.1%)
Gekko Brief
Oct 12 closeMarten Transport closed at $12.76 on 12 October 2026, +0.1% on the day. The price sits below both the 50-day ($13.99) and 200-day ($14.48) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $9.35 to $18.48. The GekkoIndex reads 64.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 0.5 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $15.22, so the price is 16.2% below it.
The next earnings report is due on 22 October 2026, 10 days away. Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 2 times, with an average move of 3% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +0.8% over the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
1 firms rate the stock: 0 buy, 1 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $17.00. A typical daily move is about 2.3%, and a typical 20-day move about 5.4%. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 items read supportive and 2 read as a headwind (trend, earnings risk).
A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 12, 2026 close.
Marten Transport price vs fair value
Close $12.76200-day averageGekko Fair Value $15.22
Marten Transport quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.04B
- P/E ratio
- 85.3
- Forward P/E
- 17.6
- EPS, TTM
- $0.15
- Revenue, TTM
- $857.6M
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.89%
- Beta
- 1.01
- Volume
- 760,991 avg 859,983
- 1-year return
- +18.3%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.4%
- 50-day average
- $13.99
- 200-day average
- $14.48
- Next earnings
- Oct 22
- Shares outstanding
- 81.59M
Marten Transport swing-trade checklist
Marten Transport scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $12.76 is below the 50-day ($13.99) and 200-day ($14.48) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
64.8, Accumulation
Reading 64.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
16.2% below
Price is 16.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 10 days
Reports on Oct 22, 2026, 10 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+0.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.8% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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Marten Transport stock chart and price history
Marten Transport closed at $12.76 on Oct 12, 2026, +18.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $9.35 to $18.48.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −7.5%
- 3 months
- −26.8%
- 6 months
- −8.6%
- 1 year
- +18.3%
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About Marten Transport
Marten Transport moves freight that needs to stay cold or insulated, carrying food and other consumer goods by truck across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It is best known for this temperature-controlled hauling, which forms the core of its business.
The company runs four lines of work. Its Truckload unit carries refrigerated and insulated goods directly, while its Dedicated unit sets up transportation arrangements tailored to individual customers, drawing on temperature-controlled trailers, dry vans, and other equipment. The Intermodal side combines refrigerated containers and trailers on rail flatcars with its own trucks and outside carriers to complete shipments, and its Brokerage arm arranges for other carriers to handle customer freight, mostly using temperature-controlled and dry van trailers.
Marten Transport was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Mondovi, Wisconsin. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker MRTN.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Trucking
- Website
- marten.com
Marten Transport GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Marten Transport’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 0.5 points over five sessions.
64.8Accumulation
Up 0.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 70 | +0.2% | −0.9% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 297 | −0.3% | −1.2% | ||
| Neutral | 275 | −0.3% | −1.2% | ||
| Distribution | 37 | +0.6% | +4.3% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average MRTN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Marten Transport stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Marten Transport trades 16.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.22, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Marten Transport shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$15.22
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
16.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 15.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Marten Transport insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Marten Transport, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in MRTN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Marten Transport has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2022
- $16.75M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.61%
From company filings.
Marten Transport earnings: next date and track record
Marten Transport reports on Oct 22, 2026 (10 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 22, 2026
10 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.07
- Revenue estimate
- $230.0M
2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3%average move across the report
1 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.07 est $0.07 | $223.5M est $227.3M | −5.9% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.02 est $0.02 | $203.5M est $212.2M | +0.3% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $0.05 est $0.03 | $210.1M est $206.1M | −0.2% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.03 est $0.04 | $341.7M est $207.2M | −9.7% |
| Jul 16, 2025 | $0.09 est $0.09 | $229.9M est $231.1M | −0.9% |
| Apr 16, 2025 | $0.05 est $0.05 | $223.2M est $227.1M | −0.2% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | $0.07 est $0.06 | $230.4M est $233.0M | −1.6% |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $0.05 est $0.06 | $237.4M est $232.9M | −5.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Marten Transport stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Marten Transport is $17.00, +33.2% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$17.00consensus 12-month target, +33.2% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24 | Stephens | $16 | +25.4% |
−1.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+0.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Marten Transport seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Marten Transport averaged +0.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −3.4% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −2.6% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +1.3% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, MRTN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.4%.
Marten Transport market cap and key statistics
Marten Transport’s market cap is $1.04B, with a P/E ratio of 85.3 and revenue of $857.6M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.04B
- P/E ratio
- 85.3
- Forward P/E
- 17.6
- EPS, TTM
- $0.15
- Gekko Fair Value
- $15.22
Trading
- Volume
- 760,991
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 859,983
- 52-week high
- $18.48
- 52-week low
- $9.35
- Shares outstanding
- 81.59M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $857.6M
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Return on equity
- 1.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −25.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.01
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.4%
- Dividend yield
- 1.89%
Marten Transport stock news this week
2 headlines about Marten Transport from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Marten Transport stock fell 1.38 percent on October 6AD HOC NEWS, Oct 7
- Marten Transport stock gains 1.99 percent after Q2 earnings missAD HOC NEWS, Oct 5
Marten Transport peers
Marten Transport’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| ODFLOld Dominion Freight Line | Neutral | 7.7% above |
| JBHTJ.B. Hunt Transport Services | Accumulation | 0.0% above |
| XPOXPO | Neutral | 0.8% below |
| KNXKnight-Swift Transportation | Accumulation | 5.8% above |
| TFIITFI International | Buying | 22.1% below |
| SAIASaia | Accumulation | 3.1% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Marten Transport stock FAQ
What is Marten Transport’s market cap?
Marten Transport’s market cap is $1.04B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $12.76, with 81.59M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 85.3.
What is the Marten Transport stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Marten Transport is $17.00, +33.2% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Marten Transport stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Marten Transport is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $12.76 is 16.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $15.22. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Marten Transport report earnings next?
Marten Transport is expected to report on Oct 22, 2026 (10 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.07 per share on revenue of $230.0M. Marten Transport beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 3% on average across the report.
What is Marten Transport’s 52-week high and low?
Marten Transport’s 52-week high is $18.48 and its 52-week low is $9.35; it closed at $12.76 on Oct 12, 2026, +18.3% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $23.43 on Aug 16, 2022.
Is Marten Transport stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and fair value), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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