Marten Transport (Marten Transport) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.84 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

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What is Marten Transport 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Marten Transport's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.84.

The historical rank and industry rank for Marten Transport's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

MRTN' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18 Med: 2.21 Max: 5.92
Current: 5.84

During the past 13 years, Marten Transport's highest Yield on Cost was 5.92. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 2.21.

MRTN's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
70.24% of 625 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 3.54 vs MRTN: 5.84

Competitive Comparison of Marten Transport's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Trucking subindustry, Marten Transport's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Marten Transport's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Marten Transport's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Marten Transport 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Marten Transport is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Marten Transport (NAS:MRTN) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Marten Transport (Marten Transport) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

129 Marten Street, Mondovi, WI, USA, 54755

Website

http://www.marten.com

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