Marten Transport, Ltd. (MRTN) vs Werner Enterprises, Inc. (WERN)

Marten Transport, Ltd. and Werner Enterprises, Inc. are both Trucking companies. Werner Enterprises, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.0B against $1.0B — 1.9× the size. Werner Enterprises, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Marten Transport, Ltd. trades at 75.8×. Werner Enterprises, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.64% against −6.87%. Marten Transport, Ltd. has the higher net margin (1.47% vs −1.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.49% vs −0.82%). Both pay a dividend; Werner Enterprises, Inc. yields more (1.33% vs 1.23%). Across the 22 metrics below, Marten Transport, Ltd. leads on 14 and Werner Enterprises, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric MRTN WERN Trucking median
P/E 75.76 n/m 50.34
P/S 1.23 0.61 1.19
P/B 1.37 1.45 1.48
Price to free cash flow 11.35 11.10 13.51
EV/EBITDA 8.15 9.59 11.77
EV/Sales 1.10 0.84 1.03
Earnings yield 1.32% (2.31%) 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 8.81% 9.01% 4.56%

Profitability

Metric MRTN WERN Trucking median
Gross margin 65.65% 52.75% 51.20%
Operating margin 1.85% (0.86%) 0.00%
Net margin 1.47% (1.42%) 0.35%
Free cash flow margin 10.80% 5.46% 5.45%
Return on equity 1.65% (3.33%) 0.31%
Return on assets 1.30% (1.52%) 0.37%
Return on invested capital 1.49% (0.82%) (0.05%)

Growth

Metric MRTN WERN Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.87%) 9.64% 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36.36%) (143.64%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.21% 4.63% 6.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (24.15%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MRTN WERN Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.60 0.17
Current ratio 2.50 1.45 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (0.34) 2.32 1.59

Dividend

Metric MRTN WERN Trucking median
Dividend yield 1.23% 1.33% 1.00%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.19 0.08

Size

Metric MRTN WERN Trucking median
Market cap 1.04b 2.01b 1.53b

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