---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001008886-26-000201"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVLG"
cik: "0000928658"
company_name: "COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-29T20:40:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T20:41:07.002679+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Covenant Logistics Q2 2026 EPS $0.32, adjusted $0.42; revenue up but costs pressure margins

## Summary
- Net income $8.5M ($0.32 diluted EPS) vs $9.8M ($0.36) in Q2 2025; adjusted EPS $0.42 vs $0.45.
- Total revenue $332.9M (+9.9% YoY); freight revenue ex-fuel $294.7M (+6.6%).
- Combined Truckload freight revenue per tractor per week up 5.9% to $5,870; fleet size down 8.6% YoY.
- Maintenance and insurance claims ~$0.08/share above expectations; management expects normalization.
- Managed Freight revenue up 28.4% but operating ratio worsened to 98.3% from 94.2% due to capacity cost inflation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001008886-26-000201
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVLG
- cik: 0000928658
- company_name: COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T20:40:08+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928658/000100888626000201/0001008886-26-000201-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/928658/000100888626000201/form8k.htm

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