---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-017256"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRTN"
cik: "0000799167"
company_name: "MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD"
filed_at: "2022-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T13:42:44.581138+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marten Transport Q2 net income $31.7M ($0.39 EPS); record quarterly revenue and operating income.

## Summary
- Net income $31.7M, +47.8% YoY; diluted EPS $0.39 vs $0.26.
- Operating revenue $329.6M, +41.8% YoY; operating income $40.9M, +43.5% YoY.
- Operating ratio net of fuel surcharges improved to 84.8%, best since 1986.
- Repurchased 963,000 shares for $16.8M in Q2 2022.
- Six-month net income $59.2M, +50.1% YoY; diluted EPS $0.72 vs $0.47.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-017256
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRTN
- cik: 0000799167
- company_name: MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD
- filed_at: 2022-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774922017256/0001437749-22-017256-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774922017256/mrtn20220713_8k.htm

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