Marten Transport, Ltd. ( MRTN ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 12, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.025 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 30, 2014. Shareholders who purchased MRTN stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th quarter that MRTN has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $23.99, the dividend yield is .42%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MRTN was $23.99, representing a -6.69% decrease from the 52 week high of $25.71 and a 61.33% increase over the 52 week low of $14.87.
MRTN is a part of the Transportation sector, which includes companies such as United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS ) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. ( JBHT ). MRTN's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.85. Zacks Investment Research reports MRTN's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 15.33%, compared to an industry average of 13.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MRTN Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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