secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD (MRTN)
CIK:        0000799167
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-031470
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Marten Transport Q3 net income $3.8M ($0.05 EPS), down 72% YoY; revenue down 15%
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- Net income $3.8M, EPS $0.05, vs $13.6M ($0.17) in Q3 2023; nine-month net income $21.3M ($0.26) vs $58.0M ($0.71).
- Operating revenue $237.4M (-15% YoY); ex-fuel surcharge $207.9M (-13%).
- Operating income $4.3M vs $17.2M; operating expense ratio worsened to 98.2% (GAAP) or 97.9% (ex-fuel surcharge) from 93.8%/92.8%.
- Executive Chairman cites freight recession, weak demand, inflationary costs; notes sequential improvement in truckload/dedicated rates.
- New multi-year dedicated programs for 149 drivers (up from 133); contracts extended for 337 drivers.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774924031470/0001437749-24-031470-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-031470

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