NYSE$CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group Inc · Q3 2024 earnings
Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Covenant Logistics Group reported third quarter earnings with freight revenue increase and operating income growth.
Covenant Logistics Group reported third quarter earnings of $0.94 per diluted share and non-GAAP adjusted earnings of $1.09 per diluted share. Freight revenue grew by 2.1% year-over-year, and operating income increased by 7.2%. The company also reduced its net indebtedness by $36.6 million sequentially and improved the average age of its fleet.
- Earnings per diluted share were $0.94, and non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share were $1.09.
- Freight revenue increased by 2.1% year-over-year.
- Operating income grew by 7.2% year-over-year.
- Net indebtedness decreased by $36.6 million sequentially.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Covenant Logistics · Revenue · Quarterly
$288M
Revenue by segment
Covenant Logistics · $253M total across 4 segments · Q3 2023
- Expedited - Truckload$91.7M—36.2%
- Managed Freight$69.7M—27.5%
- Dedicated - Truckload$66.9M—26.4%
- Warehousing$25M—9.9%
Forward guidance
The company believes that the overall general freight market will take time to meaningfully improve due to lingering excess carrier capacity and the lack of an immediate catalyst to improve volumes. They are seeing some green shoots in the form of new dedicated business awards and a small number of customer rate increases, but these wins have been somewhat offset with softer than anticipated volumes, particularly in the Expedited segment.
Tailwinds
- New dedicated business awards
- Customer rate increases
- Focus on strategic plan execution
- Capitalizing on opportunities to drive deeper into the supply chain
- Adding value for customers
Headwinds
- Lingering excess carrier capacity
- Lack of an immediate catalyst to improve volumes
- Softer than anticipated volumes, particularly in Expedited segment
- Overall general freight market will take time to meaningfully improve
- Multi-year contractual agreements will likely take time to execute
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024
+0.3%
Avg return
Earnings day
+4.2%
Avg return
5 days after
+6.0%
Avg return
30 days after
53%
21 / 40 earnings
Positive
+17.5%
Q2 2022
Best reaction
-19.7%
Q3 2021
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
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| Q1 2026 | +0.5% | +11.7% | +19.6% | |
| Q4 2025 | -4.4% | +10.5% | +13.9% | |
| Q3 2025 | -9.4% | -7.7% | -12.7% | |
| Q2 2025 | -1.8% | -2.9% | -5.0% | |
| Q1 2025 | +10.4% | +5.9% | +17.0% | |
| Q4 2024 | -2.9% | -1.4% | -11.7% | |
| Q3 2024 | -2.3% | -1.3% | +9.9% | |
| Q2 2024 | +6.8% | +6.3% | +4.6% | |
| Q1 2024 | +1.1% | +2.8% | +7.2% | |
| Q4 2023 | +2.7% | +3.9% | +6.5% | |
| Q3 2023 | -6.3% | -6.9% | +1.4% | |
| Q2 2023 | +13.0% | +15.5% | +3.9% | |
| Q1 2023 | +14.7% | +20.7% | +14.3% | |
| Q4 2022 | -19.4% | -12.0% | -6.2% | |
| Q3 2022 | +3.9% | +11.5% | +23.0% | |
| Q2 2022 | +17.5% | +14.0% | +10.8% | |
| Q1 2022 | +8.4% | +12.7% | +17.2% | |
| Q4 2021 | -4.5% | -1.0% | +2.3% | |
| Q3 2021 | -19.7% | -16.4% | -19.0% | |
| Q2 2021 | +5.8% | +4.9% | +18.4% | |
| Q1 2021 | +9.2% | +10.0% | +13.3% | |
| Q4 2020 | -7.1% | -5.7% | +16.1% | |
| Q3 2020 | -11.1% | -20.7% | +6.6% | |
| Q2 2020 | +6.1% | +18.2% | +1.9% | |
| Q1 2020 | -1.2% | +25.8% | +56.3% | |
| Q4 2019 | -2.1% | +5.0% | +19.4% | |
| Q3 2019 | +1.5% | +3.3% | -14.9% | |
| Q2 2019 | +4.1% | +11.1% | -4.8% | |
| Q1 2019 | -3.9% | -5.3% | -20.0% | |
| Q4 2018 | +0.7% | +6.5% | +10.8% | |
| Q3 2018 | -1.8% | -0.8% | -6.2% | |
| Q2 2018 | +1.4% | +1.9% | +1.0% | |
| Q1 2018 | -3.2% | -5.3% | +3.7% | |
| Q4 2017 | +1.6% | +1.2% | -11.1% | |
| Q3 2017 | +4.4% | +8.0% | +9.2% | |
| Q2 2017 | +1.7% | +10.9% | +26.6% | |
| Q1 2017 | -0.4% | +8.3% | -1.2% | |
| Q4 2016 | +0.6% | +9.1% | +0.5% | |
| Q3 2016 | -1.1% | +6.8% | +26.8% | |
| Q2 2016 | -0.7% | +9.8% | -7.8% | |
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