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Marten Transport (Marten Transport) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.46% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Marten Transport Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Marten Transport's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,430 Mil. Marten Transport's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $64 Mil. Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.46%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MRTN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.87   Med: 6.59   Max: 9.26
Current: 4.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Marten Transport was 9.26%. The lowest was 3.87%. And the median was 6.59%.

MRTN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
63.44% of 1001 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.95 vs MRTN: 4.98

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Marten Transport's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.08%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Marten Transport Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Marten Transport Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Marten Transport Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.92 6.09 6.97 8.53 4.63

Marten Transport Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.62 6.65 6.02 4.63 4.46

Competitive Comparison of Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Trucking subindustry, Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Marten Transport's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Marten Transport Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Marten Transports Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=76.498/1652.965956
=4.63 %

Marten Transport's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $64 Mil.



Marten Transport  (NAS:MRTN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Marten Transport (Marten Transport) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
129 Marten Street, Mondovi, WI, USA, 54755
Marten Transport Ltd is a temperature-sensitive truckload carrier in the United States. It is engaged in transporting and distributing food and other consumer packaged goods which requires a temperature-controlled or insulated environment. The company operates through four segments including Truckload, Dedicated, Intermodal, and Brokerage. It generates maximum revenue from the Truckload segment. The Truckload segment provides a combination of regional short-haul and medium-to-long-haul full-load transportation services.
Executives
Randall John Baier officer: Exec. VP & Chief Tech. Officer 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
Thomas J Winkel director
Patricia L Jones director C/O 505 HIGHWAY 169 NORTH, SUITE 1000, PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Larry B Hagness director
James J Hinnendael officer: Chief Financial Officer 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
John H Turner officer: Vice President of Sales 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
Robert L Demorest director 2235 VALE CREST, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55422
Jerry M Bauer director
Douglas Paul Petit officer: President 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
Timothy M Kohl officer: President 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
Randolph L Marten director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and President 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
Kathleen P Iverson director 5900 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE, GOLDEN VALLEY MN 55416
Timothy P Nash officer: Exec. VP of Sales & Marketing
Ronald Richard Booth director 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI WI 54755
G Larry Owens director

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