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Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD) vs Marten Transport, Ltd. (MRTN)

Heartland Express, Inc. and Marten Transport, Ltd. are both Trucking companies. Marten Transport, Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $1.0B against $879.3M — 1.2× the size. Heartland Express, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Marten Transport, Ltd. trades at 75.8×. Marten Transport, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −6.87% against −21.0%. Marten Transport, Ltd. has the higher net margin (1.47% vs −2.98%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.49% vs −1.27%). Both pay a dividend; Marten Transport, Ltd. yields more (1.23% vs 0.70%). Across the 22 metrics below, Marten Transport, Ltd. leads on 14 and Heartland Express, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric HTLD MRTN Trucking median
P/E n/m 75.76 50.34
P/S 1.19 1.23 1.19
P/B 1.16 1.37 1.48
Price to free cash flow 8.03 11.35 13.51
EV/EBITDA 7.52 8.15 11.77
EV/Sales 1.29 1.10 1.03
Earnings yield (2.48%) 1.32% 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 12.45% 8.81% 4.56%

Profitability

Metric HTLD MRTN Trucking median
Gross margin 29.10% 65.65% 51.20%
Operating margin (2.29%) 1.85% 0.00%
Net margin (2.98%) 1.47% 0.35%
Free cash flow margin 14.79% 10.80% 5.45%
Return on equity (2.85%) 1.65% 0.31%
Return on assets (1.78%) 1.30% 0.37%
Return on invested capital (1.27%) 1.49% (0.05%)

Growth

Metric HTLD MRTN Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) (21.02%) (6.87%) 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (76.32%) (36.36%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.54% 0.21% 6.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (24.15%) 0.00%

Health

Metric HTLD MRTN Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.00 0.17
Current ratio 1.58 2.50 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 1.33 (0.34) 1.59

Dividend

Metric HTLD MRTN Trucking median
Dividend yield 0.70% 1.23% 1.00%
Payout ratio 0.11 0.20 0.08

Size

Metric HTLD MRTN Trucking median
Market cap 879.27m 1.04b 1.53b

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