secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD (MRTN)
CIK:        0000799167
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-23T20:07:09+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-024306
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Marten Transport Q2 net income $5.3M ($0.07 EPS), down 26% YoY; sequential improvement from Q1
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- Q2 2026 net income $5.3M ($0.07 diluted EPS) vs $7.2M ($0.09) in Q2 2025; sequentially up from $1.4M ($0.02) in Q1 2026.
- Operating revenue $223.5M, down from $229.9M YoY; excluding fuel surcharges, revenue $185.2M vs $203.8M.
- Operating income $6.9M vs $9.7M in Q2 2025; operating expenses as % of revenue (net of fuel) 96.3% vs 95.2%.
- CEO cites market tightening from federal enforcement and Supreme Court broker-liability ruling; securing higher pricing.
- Debt-free balance sheet; intermodal operations sold in 2025 removed $11.7M revenue from prior-year comparison.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774926024306/0001437749-26-024306-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799167/000143774926024306/mrtn20260721_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-024306

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