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How Marten Transport, Ltd. stacks up
MRTN · against 918 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
22/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #721 of 919 · scores higher than 21% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score106 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including MRTN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 22?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 81% of peers. Operating margin: 1.8% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.9% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 70% of peers. Return on assets: 1.3% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MRTN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MRTN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 883 reported | 1.9% | 6.4% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 916 reported | 1.8% | 7.5% | 17% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 874 reported | 1.3% | 2.9% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 867 reported | 1.6% | 7.3% | 25% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 920 reported | 22.7% | 24.9% | 44% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MRTNScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score