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Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. Class ACVLGCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Trucking
Momentum neutral 43
Mkt cap
$801M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
74%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.96M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-8.8 pp
WACC 10.3%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$31.55
1D-2.5%
1W+2.0%
1M-3.5%
3M-5.8%
6M-5.1%
YTD+43.1%
1Y+56.8%
ATR %4.8%
Beta0.87
52w lowhigh36.8% off high

What Covenant Logistics does

Employees: 4,700

Covenant Logistics at a glance

Size Covenant Logistics (CVLG) is a United States Industrials company (Trucking) with a market value of $801M, the 2392nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $31.55 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.1%, against -11.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.4%); the operating margin is 1.1% (peer median 4.2%).

Valuation It trades at 12.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.1× (3rd cheapest of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.8 points below its cost of capital (10.3% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 6.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026CVLG 97Peer median 89
Six months, rebased to 100: Covenant Logistics against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Covenant Logistics financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.29B$1.16B$1.13B$1.10B$1.22B
Revenue growth—+3%+3%-9%—
Gross profit$92.6M$99.8M$130M$114M$135M
EBITDA$116M$113M$133M$116M$138M
Net income$5.40M$7.24M$35.9M$55.2M$109M
Free cash flown/a-$33.9M-$30.1M-$133M$58.8M
Capital expendituren/a$148M$153M$218M$100M
Total debt$284M$339M$297M$293M$180M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Covenant Logistics competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+50%-20%0%+20%6006769039HTLD6036869304ULH600650TCI9068TGHNMRTNVRLLOG001317NTGFWRD0012289369301068WERNCVLG6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Covenant Logistics is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%0×50×100×150×9039HTLD603686ULHTCI9068TGHNMRTNVRLLOGNTGFWRD9369301068CVLGRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Covenant Logistics is the large dot.

Covenant Logistics competitors and peer comparison

How Covenant Logistics compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Covenant Logistics against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCVLGPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.5%-5.2%11th highest of 21
6-month return-5.1%-11.3%9th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-36.8%-31.9%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.5%+3.4%5th highest of 21
Operating margin1.1%4.2%5th lowest of 21
Forward P/E12.3×16.1×3rd cheapest of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-8.8 pp-1.2 pp4th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA9.4×8.9×4th most expensive of 14
Net debt / EBITDA2.9×1.4×4th most indebted of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Covenant Logistics CVLGUnited States$801M-5%+12%1%12.3×n/an/a
Shanghai Juss Sports and Entertainment 600676.SSChina$802M-36%-14%-15%n/a5.1%-11.0%
Sakai Moving Service 9039.TJapan$785M+2%+4%10%13.7×-11.2%+4.5%
Heartland Express HTLDUnited States$780M-24%-17%-6%28.2×n/an/a
Fulongma 603686.SSChina$743M-37%+6%6%27.8×2.4%-2.0%
Shibusawa Logistics 9304.TJapan$723M+48%+2%5%n/a16.9%+4.1%
Universal Logistics ULHUnited States$715M+108%-7%4%13.9×n/an/a
Shanghai Jin Jiang Online Network Service 600650.SSChina$705M-14%-19%-2%n/a5.6%-10.8%
Transport Corporation of India TCI.NSIndia$700M-12%+12%8%14.2×14.9%+11.9%
Maruzen Showa Unyu 9068.TJapan$922M-15%+3%10%10.5×-7.4%+4.2%
Logwin TGHN.DEGermany$942M+5%-6%5%15.2×-16.0%+3.9%
Marten Transport MRTNUnited States$959M-25%-5%1%27.1×n/an/a
Shengyuan Environmental Protection 300867.SZChina$638M-24%+3%28%11.8×-4.1%+8.5%
VRL Logistics VRLLOG.NSIndia$624M+27%+11%14%16.1×6.2%+12.8%
San Yang Ma (Chongqing) Logistics 001317.SZChina$606M-11%-51%4%n/a35.8%+7.1%
NTG Nordic Transport Group A/S NTG.CODenmark$1.09B+71%+16%5%20.6×-0.4%+16.4%
Forward Air FWRDUnited States$562M+69%0%3%153.6×17.1%+14.5%
Yongtaiyun Chemical Logistics 001228.SZChina$481M+7%+31%5%n/an/an/a
K.R.S.Corporation 9369.TJapan$441M-9%+4%3%32.4×n/an/a
Hangzhou Dadi Haiyang Environmental Protection 301068.SZChina$409M-45%+25%3%15.7×16.2%+23.5%
Werner Enterprises WERNUnited States$1.62B-26%+15%2%18.8×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Covenant Logistics's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Shanghai Juss Sports and Entertainment (600676.SS), Sakai Moving Service (9039.T), Heartland Express (HTLD), Fulongma (603686.SS), Shibusawa Logistics (9304.T), Universal Logistics (ULH), Shanghai Jin Jiang Online Network Service (600650.SS), Transport Corporation of India (TCI.NS).
Is Covenant Logistics expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.3× against a peer median of 16.1×, 3rd cheapest of 16 in its peer set.
How has Covenant Logistics stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -5.1% against -11.3% for the median peer; over one year +56.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.