---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-022773"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRTN"
cik: "0000799167"
company_name: "MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD"
filed_at: "2025-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T06:22:34.811029+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marten Transport Q2 net income $7.2M, EPS $0.09 vs $0.10 YoY; revenue down 6.6%

## Summary
- Q2 net income $7.2M ($0.09 diluted EPS) vs $7.9M ($0.10) in Q2 2024; six-month net income $11.5M vs $17.5M.
- Operating revenue $229.9M, down 6.6% YoY; net of fuel surcharges $203.8M vs $213.5M.
- Operating income $9.7M vs $10.0M; operating margin (ex-fuel surcharge) 95.2% vs 95.3%.
- Executive chairman cites prolonged freight market recession, oversupply, weak demand, and trade policy volatility.
- Expects growth from industry capacity exits due to English Language Proficiency and B-1 visa enforcement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-022773
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRTN
- cik: 0000799167
- company_name: MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD
- filed_at: 2025-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774925022773/0001437749-25-022773-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774925022773/mrtn20250713_8k.htm

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