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MRTN — MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD

US Industrials Trucking & logistics equity mkt cap 1.2B
14.93 +1.36% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 9.41 · high 18.28

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Performance

1 day+1.36%
1 week-1.84%
1 month-11.55%
3 months-10.01%
6 months+7.41%
Year to date+30.39%
1 year+26.85%
3 years-30.59%
5 years-1.39%

Technicals

RSI 1450.4
vs 50-day avg-8.86%
vs 200-day avg+7.03%
Volatility 1y33.4%
Max drawdown 1y-24.05%
Avg volume 30d652.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.01%
Paid last 12m0.3000
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-11

Measured signals that fired on MRTN

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-13Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-18Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-18Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-07-30MARTEN RANDOLPH L
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Gift1.2K0.000
2026-05-05Baier Randall John
Exec. VP & Chief Tech. Officer
Grant or award4.8K0.000
2026-05-05IVERSON KATHLEEN P
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000
2026-05-05DEMOREST ROBERT L
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000
2026-05-05HAGNESS LARRY B
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000
2026-05-05Hinnendael James J
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Grant or award6.8K0.000
2026-05-05Booth Ronald Richard
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000
2026-05-05Jones Patricia L
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000
2026-05-05MARTEN RANDOLPH L
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Grant or award12.3K0.000
2026-05-05BAUER JERRY M
Director
Grant or award4.1K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.128.1M9.8M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP64.3M4.9M
NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC63.2M4.8M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC34.4M2.6M
STATE STREET CORP34.1M2.6M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC32.8M2.5M
FMR LLC23.2M1.8M
Boston Partners22.3M1.7M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC19.3M1.5M
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP18.8M1.4M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d58.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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