secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD (MRTN)
CIK:        0000799167
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-001910
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Marten Transport Q4 EPS drops to $0.07 from $0.15; full-year EPS $0.33 vs $0.86
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- Q4 net income $5.6M ($0.07 diluted EPS) vs $12.4M ($0.15) YoY; revenue $230.4M vs $268.2M.
- Full-year net income $26.9M ($0.33 EPS) vs $70.4M ($0.86) in 2023; revenue $963.7M vs $1.131B.
- Q4 operating income $6.7M vs $15.7M YoY; operating ratio (net of fuel surcharges) 96.7% vs 93.2%.
- Q4 net income improved 50.1% sequentially from Q3 2024; first such improvement since Q2 2022.
- Management continues to navigate freight market recession; positions for growth when cycle turns.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774925001910/0001437749-25-001910-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774925001910/mrtn20250121_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-001910

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