---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-012460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAMT"
cik: "0000798287"
company_name: "PAMT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:18:37.349205+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PAM Transportation Q1 2024 net income plunges to $0.3M from $5.2M; EPS $0.01

## Summary
- Total revenues $182.6M, down 17.6% YoY from $221.7M.
- Operating loss of $0.7M; operating ratio 100.4%.
- Diluted EPS of $0.01 vs $0.23 in Q1 2023.
- Cash, marketable securities, and credit availability $185.7M; stockholders' equity $314.6M.
- Outstanding debt $271.6M, up $9.9M from Dec 31, 2023; operating cash flow $9.6M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-012460
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAMT
- cik: 0000798287
- company_name: PAMT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798287/000143774924012460/0001437749-24-012460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798287/000143774924012460/ptsi20240418_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PAMT CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $182.6 million, net income $0.3 million, EPS $0.01.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $182.6 million
  - Net income: $0.3 million
  - EPS: $0.01
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Exhibit 99.1 P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 First Quarter 2024 Summary Results ● Total revenues of $182.6 million, down 17.6% YoY ● Operating loss of $0.7 million ● Operating ratio of 100.4% ● Diluted EPS of $0.01 Tontitown, Arkansas, April 18, 2024...... P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798287/000143774924012460/0001437749-24-012460-index.htm

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