Heartland Express vs Marten Transport
HTLD and MRTN side by side, both in trucking and courier services, except air. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HTLD and MRTN compare
Marten Transport is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Heartland Express ($974M against $801M).
Marten Transport grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−4.8% versus −17.2% for Heartland Express).
Marten Transport keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.5% compared with −1.8% at Heartland Express.
Both pay dividends: Heartland Express yields 0.77% and Marten Transport 2.0%.
Marten Transport scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 7 for Heartland Express), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HTLD | MRTN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $801M | $974M |
| Share price | $10.36 | $11.93 |
| Change, 1 year | 34.5% | 20.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −40.4% | −29.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.76 | 0.62 |
| Employees | 6,040 | 3,502 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 66.3× |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.1× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 1.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.6× (better) | 54.6× |
| FCF yield | −10.1% | – |
| Fair value | $14.28 | $8.15 |
| Margin of safety | 27.4% (better) | −46.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −17.2% | −4.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.5% (better) | 0.21% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −31.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −25.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −24.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −1.0% | 1.9% (better) |
| Net margin | −1.8% | 1.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −11.3% | – |
| Return on equity | −1.7% | 1.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −0.66% | 1.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.13 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.40 | – |
| Interest coverage | −0.9× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 2.21 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.08 | 5.19 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.77% | 2.0% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 147% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% (better) | −17.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.77% | 2.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 49.1% | 74.9% |
| Held by insiders | 41.5% | 23.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$461K | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.5% | 5.2% |
Go deeper
- HTLD stock overview
- HTLD income statement
- HTLD valuation and score
- MRTN stock overview
- MRTN income statement
- MRTN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.