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$19.74 -0.08 (-0.40%)
8/29/2008 2:55 PM

Marten Transport, Ltd (MRTN)

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The Company is a long-haul truckload carrier providing protective service transportation of time- and temperature-sensitive materials and general commodities to customers in the United States and Canada.

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18 Outperforms
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Micro Cap (4824), Trucking (34)
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Marten Transport, Ltd At A Glance

Current Price: $19.74
Last Trade Time: 8/29/2008 2:55 PM
Open: $19.66
Previous Close: $19.82
Daily Range: $19.66 - $19.99
52-Week Range: $10.65 - $21.92
Volume: 189,930
Market Cap: $431.38M
P/E Ratio: 35.39
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Marten Transport, Ltd (MRTN)

Avatar RiverCityIC (80.07) Submitted: 8/27/06 10:30 PM

Well managed specialized trucking company

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Marten Transport, Ltd (MRTN)

Avatar hirshey (97.35) Submitted: 3/12/08 10:46 PM

Low supply of freight coupled with high fuel prices do not lead to a sound bottom line. I'm shorting this until the dollar strengthens and fuel prices head back towards $2.50-$3/gal instead of $4-4.50.

Recent price is too high for technical and fundamental targets.

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 (MRTN)

Avatar deuspecuniae (92.78) Submitted: 4/25/08 5:39 PM : Underperform Start Price: $16.94 MRTN Score: -25.05

A recessions a coming this summer and high oil prices are not going away since the falling dollar is to blame, and continued inflation is not going to bring the value of the dollar up any time soon. Burnanke was not helping this country by bailing out the crust of American society. Also, Bush's stimulus package didn't help the upward inflationary pressure that is killing this countries middle class. Sorry about my rant but anyway my point is to sell trucking since rail is about to take over from the high price of fuel.

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 (MRTN)

Avatar hirshey (97.35) Submitted: 3/12/08 10:46 PM : Underperform Start Price: $15.42 MRTN Score: -29.35

Low supply of freight coupled with high fuel prices do not lead to a sound bottom line. I'm shorting this until the dollar strengthens and fuel prices head back towards $2.50-$3/gal instead of $4-4.50.

Recent price is too high for technical and fundamental targets.

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 (MRTN)

Avatar pnouri (98.51) Submitted: 2/04/08 8:19 AM : Underperform Start Price: $16.50 MRTN Score: -27.78

20x an aspirational 2009 EPS estimate! For a trucking company. This is partly because the company's earnings were only down 50% last quarter. I understand these companies have much leverage to the upside but the $0.87 estimate takes that into account and trucking companies trade at no more than 14x their peak earnings. There are better buys in the trucking space, but for right now, it is an area to keep away from.

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 (MRTN)

Avatar RiverCityIC (80.07) Submitted: 8/27/06 10:30 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.71 MRTN Score: 25.98

Well managed specialized trucking company

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