
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||
|
($000s, except per share information)
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
||||
|
Total Revenue
|
|
$
|
296,889
|
|
|
$
|
287,885
|
|
|
$
|
869,098
|
|
|
$
|
854,145
|
|
|
Freight Revenue, Excludes Fuel Surcharge
|
|
$
|
268,840
|
|
|
$
|
258,599
|
|
|
$
|
788,591
|
|
|
$
|
762,796
|
|
|
Operating Income
|
|
$
|
7,926
|
|
|
$
|
16,235
|
|
|
$
|
27,116
|
|
|
$
|
36,147
|
|
|
Adjusted Operating Income (1)
|
|
$
|
14,977
|
|
|
$
|
19,327
|
|
|
$
|
40,853
|
|
|
$
|
52,797
|
|
|
Operating Ratio
|
|
|
97.3
|
%
|
|
|
94.4
|
%
|
|
|
96.9
|
%
|
|
|
95.8
|
%
|
|
Adjusted Operating Ratio (1)
|
|
|
94.4
|
%
|
|
|
92.5
|
%
|
|
|
94.8
|
%
|
|
|
93.1
|
%
|
|
Net Income
|
|
$
|
9,093
|
|
|
$
|
13,033
|
|
|
$
|
25,496
|
|
|
$
|
29,202
|
|
|
Adjusted Net Income (1)
|
|
$
|
11,517
|
|
|
$
|
15,224
|
|
|
$
|
32,927
|
|
|
$
|
41,297
|
|
|
Earnings per Diluted Share
|
|
$
|
0.35
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
$
|
0.94
|
|
|
$
|
1.06
|
|
|
Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share (“Adjusted EPS”) (1)
|
|
$
|
0.44
|
|
|
$
|
0.54
|
|
|
$
|
1.22
|
|
|
$
|
1.49
|
|
|
(1)
|
Represents non-GAAP measures.
|
|
Gain item:
|
|
|
Gain proceeds from discontinued operations
|
$ 3.8 million
|
|
Expense items:
|
|
|
Employee separation costs
|
$ 1.4 million
|
|
Lease abandonment and customer exit costs
|
$ 0.4 million
|
|
Abandonment of long-lived software
|
$ 1.9 million
|
|
Net third quarter adjustments
|
$0.1 million
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||
|
($000s, except statistical information)
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
||||
|
Combined Truckload
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Revenue
|
|
$
|
199,652
|
|
|
$
|
199,029
|
|
|
$
|
587,531
|
|
|
$
|
590,457
|
|
|
Freight Revenue, excludes Fuel Surcharge
|
|
$
|
171,765
|
|
|
$
|
170,039
|
|
|
$
|
507,489
|
|
|
$
|
500,005
|
|
|
Segment Operating Income (1)
|
|
$
|
9,178
|
|
|
$
|
23,066
|
|
|
$
|
30,407
|
|
|
$
|
67,395
|
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Income (2)
|
|
$
|
9,977
|
|
|
$
|
14,464
|
|
|
$
|
25,775
|
|
|
$
|
37,281
|
|
|
Segment Operating Ratio (1)
|
|
|
95.4
|
%
|
|
|
88.4
|
%
|
|
|
94.8
|
%
|
|
|
88.6
|
%
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Ratio (2)
|
|
|
94.2
|
%
|
|
|
91.5
|
%
|
|
|
94.9
|
%
|
|
|
92.5
|
%
|
|
Average Freight Revenue per Tractor per Week
|
|
$
|
5,445
|
|
|
$
|
5,637
|
|
|
$
|
5,469
|
|
|
$
|
5,672
|
|
|
Average Freight Revenue per Total Mile
|
|
$
|
2.53
|
|
|
$
|
2.41
|
|
|
$
|
2.53
|
|
|
$
|
2.38
|
|
|
Average Miles per Tractor per Period
|
|
|
28,306
|
|
|
|
30,733
|
|
|
|
84,456
|
|
|
|
93,196
|
|
|
Weighted Average Tractors for Period
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
2,295
|
|
|
|
2,379
|
|
|
|
2,252
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expedited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Revenue
|
|
$
|
94,632
|
|
|
$
|
104,314
|
|
|
$
|
286,625
|
|
|
$
|
317,795
|
|
|
Freight Revenue, excludes Fuel Surcharge
|
|
$
|
80,184
|
|
|
$
|
87,363
|
|
|
$
|
243,662
|
|
|
$
|
262,881
|
|
|
Segment Operating Income (1)
|
|
$
|
5,079
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
18,135
|
|
|
$
|
35,973
|
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Income (2)
|
|
$
|
5,140
|
|
|
$
|
7,000
|
|
|
$
|
14,870
|
|
|
$
|
17,619
|
|
|
Segment Operating Ratio (1)
|
|
|
94.6
|
%
|
|
|
88.2
|
%
|
|
|
93.7
|
%
|
|
|
88.7
|
%
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Ratio (2)
|
|
|
93.6
|
%
|
|
|
92.0
|
%
|
|
|
93.9
|
%
|
|
|
93.3
|
%
|
|
Average Freight Revenue per Tractor per Week
|
|
$
|
7,082
|
|
|
$
|
7,452
|
|
|
$
|
7,281
|
|
|
$
|
7,454
|
|
|
Average Freight Revenue per Total Mile
|
|
$
|
2.10
|
|
|
$
|
2.09
|
|
|
$
|
2.11
|
|
|
$
|
2.08
|
|
|
Average Miles per Tractor per Period
|
|
|
44,275
|
|
|
|
46,796
|
|
|
|
134,288
|
|
|
|
140,191
|
|
|
Weighted Average Tractors for Period
|
|
|
861
|
|
|
|
892
|
|
|
|
858
|
|
|
|
901
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Revenue
|
|
$
|
105,020
|
|
|
$
|
94,715
|
|
|
$
|
300,906
|
|
|
$
|
272,662
|
|
|
Freight Revenue, excludes Fuel Surcharge
|
|
$
|
91,581
|
|
|
$
|
82,676
|
|
|
$
|
263,827
|
|
|
$
|
237,124
|
|
|
Segment Operating Income (1)
|
|
$
|
4,099
|
|
|
$
|
10,794
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
31,422
|
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Income (2)
|
|
$
|
4,837
|
|
|
$
|
7,464
|
|
|
$
|
10,905
|
|
|
$
|
19,662
|
|
|
Segment Operating Ratio (1)
|
|
|
96.1
|
%
|
|
|
88.6
|
%
|
|
|
95.9
|
%
|
|
|
88.5
|
%
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Ratio (2)
|
|
|
94.7
|
%
|
|
|
91.0
|
%
|
|
|
95.9
|
%
|
|
|
91.7
|
%
|
|
Average Freight Revenue per Tractor per Week
|
|
$
|
4,529
|
|
|
$
|
4,484
|
|
|
$
|
4,446
|
|
|
$
|
4,484
|
|
|
Average Freight Revenue per Total Mile
|
|
$
|
3.07
|
|
|
$
|
2.87
|
|
|
$
|
3.08
|
|
|
$
|
2.84
|
|
|
Average Miles per Tractor per Period
|
|
|
19,365
|
|
|
|
20,521
|
|
|
|
56,352
|
|
|
|
61,855
|
|
|
Weighted Average Tractors for Period
|
|
|
1,539
|
|
|
|
1,403
|
|
|
|
1,521
|
|
|
|
1,351
|
|
|
(1)
|
Segment operating income and segment operating ratio exclude indirect costs not directly attributable to any one reportable segment, amortization
of intangible assets, and contingent consideration liability adjustments to match the information our Chief Operating Decision Maker uses to evaluate the operating results of our reportable segments. The prior year periods have been
conformed to this presentation.
|
|
(2)
|
Represents non-GAAP measures.
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||
|
($000s)
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
||||
|
Freight Revenue
|
|
$
|
72,220
|
|
|
$
|
63,385
|
|
|
$
|
206,620
|
|
|
$
|
186,668
|
|
|
Segment Operating Income (1)
|
|
$
|
2,960
|
|
|
$
|
2,946
|
|
|
$
|
10,962
|
|
|
$
|
9,483
|
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Income (2)
|
|
$
|
3,035
|
|
|
$
|
2,716
|
|
|
$
|
10,555
|
|
|
$
|
8,843
|
|
|
Segment Operating Ratio (1)
|
|
|
95.9
|
%
|
|
|
95.4
|
%
|
|
|
94.7
|
%
|
|
|
94.9
|
%
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Ratio (2)
|
|
|
95.8
|
%
|
|
|
95.7
|
%
|
|
|
94.9
|
%
|
|
|
95.3
|
%
|
|
(1)
|
Segment operating income and segment operating ratio exclude indirect costs not directly attributable to any one reportable segment, amortization
of intangible assets, and contingent consideration liability adjustments to match the information our Chief Operating Decision Maker uses to evaluate the operating results of our reportable segments. The prior year periods have been
conformed to this presentation.
|
|
(2)
|
Represents non-GAAP measures.
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||
|
($000s)
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
||||
|
Freight Revenue
|
|
$
|
24,802
|
|
|
$
|
25,175
|
|
|
$
|
74,429
|
|
|
$
|
76,123
|
|
|
Segment Operating Income (1)
|
|
$
|
2,498
|
|
|
$
|
2,751
|
|
|
$
|
6,258
|
|
|
$
|
8,536
|
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Income (2)
|
|
$
|
1,963
|
|
|
$
|
2,147
|
|
|
$
|
4,521
|
|
|
$
|
6,673
|
|
|
Segment Operating Ratio (1)
|
|
|
90.0
|
%
|
|
|
89.2
|
%
|
|
|
91.6
|
%
|
|
|
88.9
|
%
|
|
Adj. Seg. Operating Ratio (2)
|
|
|
92.1
|
%
|
|
|
91.5
|
%
|
|
|
93.9
|
%
|
|
|
91.2
|
%
|
|
(1)
|
Segment operating income and segment operating ratio exclude indirect costs not directly attributable to any one reportable segment, amortization
of intangible assets, and contingent consideration liability adjustments to match the information our Chief Operating Decision Maker uses to evaluate the operating results of our reportable segments. The prior year periods have been
conformed to this presentation.
|
|
(2)
|
Represents non-GAAP measures.
|
|
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Key Financial and Operating Statistics
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Income Statement Data
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
($s in 000s, except per share data)
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|||||||
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freight revenue
|
|
$
|
268,840
|
|
|
$
|
258,599
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
788,591
|
|
|
$
|
762,796
|
|
|
|
3.4
|
%
|
|
|
Fuel surcharge revenue
|
|
|
28,049
|
|
|
|
29,286
|
|
|
|
(4.2
|
%)
|
|
|
80,507
|
|
|
|
91,349
|
|
|
|
(11.9
|
%)
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
296,889
|
|
|
$
|
287,885
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
%
|
|
$
|
869,098
|
|
|
$
|
854,145
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries, wages, and related expenses
|
|
|
109,745
|
|
|
|
110,815
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
323,845
|
|
|
|
317,523
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fuel expense
|
|
|
29,506
|
|
|
|
28,545
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85,663
|
|
|
|
88,590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operations and maintenance
|
|
|
19,352
|
|
|
|
17,690
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
52,168
|
|
|
|
46,838
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue equipment rentals and purchased transportation
|
|
|
72,908
|
|
|
|
64,434
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206,504
|
|
|
|
193,940
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating taxes and licenses
|
|
|
3,304
|
|
|
|
3,227
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,326
|
|
|
|
8,871
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance and claims
|
|
|
14,179
|
|
|
|
12,241
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,769
|
|
|
|
44,779
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Communications and utilities
|
|
|
1,631
|
|
|
|
1,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,580
|
|
|
|
4,005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General supplies and expenses
|
|
|
15,872
|
|
|
|
11,937
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,124
|
|
|
|
47,244
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
22,953
|
|
|
|
21,222
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67,869
|
|
|
|
64,460
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on disposition of property and equipment, net
|
|
|
(487
|
)
|
|
|
209
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
|
1,748
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
288,963
|
|
|
|
271,650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
841,982
|
|
|
|
817,998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
7,926
|
|
|
|
16,235
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,116
|
|
|
|
36,147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
3,468
|
|
|
|
3,204
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,795
|
|
|
|
10,341
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from equity method investment
|
|
|
(3,578
|
)
|
|
|
(3,993
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,622
|
)
|
|
|
(11,763
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
|
8,036
|
|
|
|
17,024
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,943
|
|
|
|
37,569
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
1,772
|
|
|
|
4,141
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,276
|
|
|
|
8,817
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
|
6,264
|
|
|
|
12,883
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,667
|
|
|
|
28,752
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
|
2,829
|
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,829
|
|
|
|
450
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
9,093
|
|
|
$
|
13,033
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
25,496
|
|
|
$
|
29,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
|
$
|
0.49
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.88
|
|
|
$
|
1.09
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per basic share
|
|
$
|
0.36
|
|
|
$
|
0.49
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.99
|
|
|
$
|
1.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.24
|
|
|
$
|
0.46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.83
|
|
|
$
|
1.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per diluted share
|
|
$
|
0.35
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.94
|
|
|
$
|
1.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (000s)
|
|
|
25,030
|
|
|
|
26,354
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,872
|
|
|
|
26,274
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (000s)
|
|
|
26,301
|
|
|
|
27,802
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,156
|
|
|
|
27,654
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Total may not sum due to rounding.
|
|
|
|
Segment Freight Revenues
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
($s in 000's)
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
||||||
|
Expedited - Truckload
|
|
$
|
80,184
|
|
|
$
|
87,363
|
|
|
|
(8.2
|
%)
|
|
$
|
243,662
|
|
|
$
|
262,881
|
|
|
|
(7.3
|
%)
|
|
Dedicated - Truckload
|
|
|
91,581
|
|
|
|
82,676
|
|
|
|
10.8
|
%
|
|
|
263,827
|
|
|
|
237,124
|
|
|
|
11.3
|
%
|
|
Combined Truckload
|
|
|
171,765
|
|
|
|
170,039
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
507,489
|
|
|
|
500,005
|
|
|
|
1.5
|
%
|
|
Managed Freight
|
|
|
72,220
|
|
|
|
63,385
|
|
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
|
|
206,620
|
|
|
|
186,668
|
|
|
|
10.7
|
%
|
|
Warehousing
|
|
|
24,802
|
|
|
|
25,175
|
|
|
|
(1.5
|
%)
|
|
|
74,429
|
|
|
|
76,123
|
|
|
|
(2.2
|
%)
|
|
Other
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
Consolidated Freight Revenue
|
|
$
|
268,840
|
|
|
$
|
258,599
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
788,591
|
|
|
$
|
762,796
|
|
|
|
3.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
Truckload Operating Statistics
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
||||||
|
Average freight revenue per loaded mile
|
|
$
|
2.99
|
|
|
$
|
2.80
|
|
|
|
7.2
|
%
|
|
$
|
2.98
|
|
|
$
|
2.74
|
|
|
|
9.2
|
%
|
|
Average freight revenue per total mile
|
|
$
|
2.53
|
|
|
$
|
2.41
|
|
|
|
5.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
2.53
|
|
|
$
|
2.38
|
|
|
|
6.3
|
%
|
|
Average freight revenue per tractor per week
|
|
$
|
5,445
|
|
|
$
|
5,637
|
|
|
|
(3.4
|
%)
|
|
$
|
5,469
|
|
|
$
|
5,672
|
|
|
|
(3.6
|
%)
|
|
Average miles per tractor per period
|
|
|
28,306
|
|
|
|
30,733
|
|
|
|
(7.9
|
%)
|
|
|
84,456
|
|
|
|
93,196
|
|
|
|
(9.4
|
%)
|
|
Weighted avg. tractors for period
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
|
2,295
|
|
|
|
4.6
|
%
|
|
|
2,379
|
|
|
|
2,252
|
|
|
|
5.6
|
%
|
|
Tractors at end of period
|
|
|
1,487
|
|
|
|
2,306
|
|
|
|
(35.5
|
%)
|
|
|
1,487
|
|
|
|
2,306
|
|
|
|
(35.5
|
%)
|
|
Trailers at end of period
|
|
|
6,851
|
|
|
|
6,484
|
|
|
|
5.7
|
%
|
|
|
6,851
|
|
|
|
6,484
|
|
|
|
5.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
Selected Balance Sheet Data
|
|
|||||
|
($s in '000's, except per share data)
|
|
9/30/2025
|
|
|
12/31/2024
|
|
||
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
1,025,608
|
|
|
$
|
997,768
|
|
|
Total stockholders' equity
|
|
$
|
423,716
|
|
|
$
|
438,340
|
|
|
Total indebtedness, comprised of total debt and finance leases, net of cash
|
|
$
|
268,336
|
|
|
$
|
219,620
|
|
|
Net Indebtedness to Capitalization Ratio
|
|
|
38.8
|
%
|
|
|
33.4
|
%
|
|
Leverage Ratio(1)
|
|
|
2.14
|
|
|
|
1.65
|
|
|
Tangible book value per end-of-quarter basic share
|
|
$
|
10.03
|
|
|
$
|
10.17
|
|
|
(1)
|
Leverage Ratio is calculated as total indebtedness, comprised of total debt and finance leases, net of cash, divided by the trailing twelve months
sum of operating income, depreciation and amortization, and gain on disposition of property and equipment, net.
|
|
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Non-GAAP Reconciliation (Unaudited)
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Ratio(1)
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
GAAP Presentation
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
bps Change
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
bps Change
|
|
|||||||||
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
296,889
|
|
|
$
|
287,885
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
869,098
|
|
|
$
|
854,145
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
288,963
|
|
|
|
271,650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
841,982
|
|
|
|
817,998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
7,926
|
|
|
$
|
16,235
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
27,116
|
|
|
$
|
36,147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Operating ratio
|
|
|
97.3
|
%
|
|
|
94.4
|
%
|
|
|
290
|
|
|
|
96.9
|
%
|
|
|
95.8
|
%
|
|
|
110
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Non-GAAP Presentation
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
bps Change
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
bps Change
|
|
|||||||||
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
296,889
|
|
|
$
|
287,885
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
869,098
|
|
|
$
|
854,145
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Fuel surcharge revenue
|
|
|
(28,049
|
)
|
|
|
(29,286
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(80,507
|
)
|
|
|
(91,349
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Freight revenue (total revenue, excluding fuel surcharge)
|
|
|
268,840
|
|
|
|
258,599
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
788,591
|
|
|
|
762,796
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Total operating income
|
|
|
7,926
|
|
|
|
16,235
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,116
|
|
|
|
36,147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Adjusted for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Amortization of intangibles (2)
|
|
|
2,653
|
|
|
|
2,372
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,770
|
|
|
|
7,116
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Contingent consideration liability adjustment
|
|
|
710
|
|
|
|
720
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,130
|
|
|
|
9,534
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Transaction costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Employee separation costs
|
|
|
1,375
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,375
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Lease abandonment and customer exit costs
|
|
|
429
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
429
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Abandonment of long-lived software
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Adjusted operating income
|
|
|
14,977
|
|
|
|
19,327
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,853
|
|
|
|
52,797
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Adjusted operating ratio
|
|
|
94.4
|
%
|
|
|
92.5
|
%
|
|
|
190
|
|
|
|
94.8
|
%
|
|
|
93.1
|
%
|
|
|
170
|
|
|||
|
(1)
|
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, this table reconciles consolidated GAAP operating income and operating ratio to consolidated non-GAAP
adjusted operating income and adjusted operating ratio.
|
|
|
(2)
|
"Amortization of intangibles" reflects the non-cash amortization expense relating to intangible assets.
|
|
Non-GAAP Reconciliation (Unaudited)
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS(1)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|||||||
|
GAAP Presentation - Net income
|
|
$
|
9,093
|
|
|
$
|
13,033
|
|
|
$
|
25,496
|
|
|
$
|
29,202
|
|
|||
|
Adjusted for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Amortization of intangibles (2)
|
|
|
2,653
|
|
|
|
2,372
|
|
|
|
7,770
|
|
|
|
7,116
|
|
|||
|
Discontinued operations reversal of loss contingency (3)
|
|
|
(3,773
|
)
|
|
|
(200
|
)
|
|
|
(3,773
|
)
|
|
|
(600
|
)
|
|||
|
Contingent consideration liability adjustment
|
|
|
710
|
|
|
|
720
|
|
|
|
2,130
|
|
|
|
9,534
|
|
|||
|
Transaction costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Employee separation costs
|
|
|
1,375
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,375
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Lease abandonment and customer exit costs
|
|
|
429
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
429
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Abandonment of long-lived software
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Total adjustments before taxes
|
|
|
3,278
|
|
|
|
2,892
|
|
|
|
9,964
|
|
|
|
16,050
|
|
|||
|
Provision for income tax expense at effective rate
|
|
|
(854
|
)
|
|
|
(701
|
)
|
|
|
(2,533
|
)
|
|
|
(3,955
|
)
|
|||
|
Tax effected adjustments
|
|
$
|
2,424
|
|
|
$
|
2,191
|
|
|
$
|
7,431
|
|
|
$
|
12,095
|
|
|||
|
Non-GAAP Presentation - Adjusted net income
|
|
$
|
11,517
|
|
|
$
|
15,224
|
|
|
$
|
32,927
|
|
|
$
|
41,297
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
GAAP Presentation - Diluted earnings per share ("EPS") (4)
|
|
$
|
0.35
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
$
|
0.94
|
|
|
$
|
1.06
|
|
|||
|
Adjusted for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Amortization of intangibles (2)
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
|
0.29
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
|
|||
|
Discontinued operations reversal of loss contingency(3)
|
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|||
|
Contingent consideration liability adjustment
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
0.34
|
|
|||
|
Transaction costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Employee separation costs
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Lease abandonment and customer exit costs
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Abandonment of long-lived software
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|||
|
Total adjustments before taxes
|
|
|
0.12
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
0.37
|
|
|
|
0.57
|
|
|||
|
Provision for income tax expense at effective rate
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
(0.09
|
)
|
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|||
|
Tax effected adjustments
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
|
$
|
0.28
|
|
|
$
|
0.43
|
|
|||
|
Non-GAAP Presentation - Adjusted EPS
|
|
$
|
0.44
|
|
|
$
|
0.54
|
|
|
$
|
1.22
|
|
|
$
|
1.49
|
|
|||
|
(1)
|
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, this table reconciles consolidated GAAP net income to consolidated non-GAAP adjusted net income and
consolidated GAAP diluted earnings per share to non-GAAP consolidated Adjusted EPS.
|
|
(2)
|
"Amortization of intangibles" reflects the non-cash amortization expense relating to intangible assets.
|
|
(3)
|
"Discontinued Operations reversal of loss contingency" reflects the non-cash reversal of a previously recorded loss contingency that is no longer
considered probable. The original loss contingency was recorded in Q4 2020 as a result of our disposal of our former accounts receivable factoring segment, TFS.
|
|
(4)
|
Total may not sum due to rounding.
|
|
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Non-GAAP Reconciliation (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Ratio (1)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
GAAP Presentation
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Expedited
|
|
|
Dedicated
|
|
|
Combined Truckload
|
|
|
Managed Freight
|
|
|
Warehousing
|
|
|
Expedited
|
|
|
Dedicated
|
|
|
Combined Truckload
|
|
|
Managed Freight
|
|
|
Warehousing
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
94,632
|
|
|
$
|
105,020
|
|
|
$
|
199,652
|
|
|
$
|
72,220
|
|
|
$
|
24,964
|
|
|
$
|
104,314
|
|
|
$
|
94,715
|
|
|
$
|
199,029
|
|
|
$
|
63,385
|
|
|
$
|
25,471
|
|
||
|
Total segment operating expenses (2)
|
|
|
89,553
|
|
|
|
100,921
|
|
|
|
190,474
|
|
|
|
69,260
|
|
|
|
22,466
|
|
|
|
92,042
|
|
|
|
83,921
|
|
|
|
175,963
|
|
|
|
60,439
|
|
|
|
22,720
|
|
||
|
Segment operating income (2)
|
|
$
|
5,079
|
|
|
$
|
4,099
|
|
|
$
|
9,178
|
|
|
$
|
2,960
|
|
|
$
|
2,498
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
10,794
|
|
|
$
|
23,066
|
|
|
$
|
2,946
|
|
|
$
|
2,751
|
|
||
|
Segment operating ratio (2)
|
|
|
94.6
|
%
|
|
|
96.1
|
%
|
|
|
95.4
|
%
|
|
|
95.9
|
%
|
|
|
90.0
|
%
|
|
|
88.2
|
%
|
|
|
88.6
|
%
|
|
|
88.4
|
%
|
|
|
95.4
|
%
|
|
|
89.2
|
%
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Non-GAAP Presentation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
94,632
|
|
|
$
|
105,020
|
|
|
$
|
199,652
|
|
|
$
|
72,220
|
|
|
$
|
24,964
|
|
|
$
|
104,314
|
|
|
$
|
94,715
|
|
|
$
|
199,029
|
|
|
$
|
63,385
|
|
|
$
|
25,471
|
|
||
|
Fuel surcharge revenue
|
|
|
(14,448
|
)
|
|
|
(13,439
|
)
|
|
|
(27,887
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(162
|
)
|
|
|
(16,951
|
)
|
|
|
(12,039
|
)
|
|
|
(28,990
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(296
|
)
|
||
|
Freight revenue (total revenue, excluding fuel surcharge)
|
|
|
80,184
|
|
|
|
91,581
|
|
|
|
171,765
|
|
|
|
72,220
|
|
|
|
24,802
|
|
|
|
87,363
|
|
|
|
82,676
|
|
|
|
170,039
|
|
|
|
63,385
|
|
|
|
25,175
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Total segment operating income (2)
|
|
$
|
5,079
|
|
|
$
|
4,099
|
|
|
$
|
9,178
|
|
|
$
|
2,960
|
|
|
$
|
2,498
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
10,794
|
|
|
|
23,066
|
|
|
$
|
2,946
|
|
|
$
|
2,751
|
|
||
|
Adjusted for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Other (3)
|
|
|
(1,548
|
)
|
|
|
(1,054
|
)
|
|
|
(2,602
|
)
|
|
|
(212
|
)
|
|
|
(535
|
)
|
|
|
(5,272
|
)
|
|
|
(3,330
|
)
|
|
|
(8,602
|
)
|
|
|
(230
|
)
|
|
|
(604
|
)
|
||
|
Employee separation costs
|
|
|
680
|
|
|
|
622
|
|
|
|
1,302
|
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
||
|
Lease abandonment and customer exit costs
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
166
|
|
|
|
215
|
|
|
|
214
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
||
|
Abandonment of long-lived software
|
|
|
880
|
|
|
|
1,004
|
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
||
|
Adjusted segment operating income
|
|
|
5,140
|
|
|
|
4,837
|
|
|
|
9,977
|
|
|
|
3,035
|
|
|
|
1,963
|
|
|
|
7,000
|
|
|
|
7,464
|
|
|
|
14,464
|
|
|
|
2,716
|
|
|
|
2,147
|
|
||
|
Adjusted segment operating ratio
|
|
|
93.6
|
%
|
|
|
94.7
|
%
|
|
|
94.2
|
%
|
|
|
95.8
|
%
|
|
|
92.1
|
%
|
|
|
92.0
|
%
|
|
|
91.0
|
%
|
|
|
91.5
|
%
|
|
|
95.7
|
%
|
|
|
91.5
|
%
|
||
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
GAAP Presentation
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Expedited
|
|
|
Dedicated
|
|
|
Combined Truckload
|
|
|
Managed Freight
|
|
|
Warehousing
|
|
|
Expedited
|
|
|
Dedicated
|
|
|
Combined Truckload
|
|
|
Managed Freight
|
|
|
Warehousing
|
|
||||||||||
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
286,625
|
|
|
$
|
300,906
|
|
|
$
|
587,531
|
|
|
$
|
206,620
|
|
|
$
|
74,894
|
|
|
$
|
317,795
|
|
|
$
|
272,662
|
|
|
$
|
590,457
|
|
|
$
|
186,668
|
|
|
$
|
77,020
|
|
|
Total segment operating expenses (2)
|
|
|
268,490
|
|
|
|
288,634
|
|
|
|
557,124
|
|
|
|
195,658
|
|
|
|
68,636
|
|
|
|
281,822
|
|
|
|
241,240
|
|
|
|
523,062
|
|
|
|
177,185
|
|
|
|
68,484
|
|
|
Segment operating income (2)
|
|
$
|
18,135
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
30,407
|
|
|
$
|
10,962
|
|
|
$
|
6,258
|
|
|
$
|
35,973
|
|
|
$
|
31,422
|
|
|
$
|
67,395
|
|
|
$
|
9,483
|
|
|
$
|
8,536
|
|
|
Segment operating ratio (2)
|
|
|
93.7
|
%
|
|
|
95.9
|
%
|
|
|
94.8
|
%
|
|
|
94.7
|
%
|
|
|
91.6
|
%
|
|
|
88.7
|
%
|
|
|
88.5
|
%
|
|
|
88.6
|
%
|
|
|
94.9
|
%
|
|
|
88.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-GAAP Presentation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
286,625
|
|
|
$
|
300,906
|
|
|
$
|
587,531
|
|
|
$
|
206,620
|
|
|
$
|
74,894
|
|
|
$
|
317,795
|
|
|
$
|
272,662
|
|
|
$
|
590,457
|
|
|
$
|
186,668
|
|
|
$
|
77,020
|
|
|
Fuel surcharge revenue
|
|
|
(42,963
|
)
|
|
|
(37,079
|
)
|
|
|
(80,042
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(465
|
)
|
|
|
(54,914
|
)
|
|
|
(35,538
|
)
|
|
|
(90,452
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(897
|
)
|
|
Freight revenue (total revenue, excluding fuel surcharge)
|
|
|
243,662
|
|
|
|
263,827
|
|
|
|
507,489
|
|
|
|
206,620
|
|
|
|
74,429
|
|
|
|
262,881
|
|
|
|
237,124
|
|
|
|
500,005
|
|
|
|
186,668
|
|
|
|
76,123
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total segment operating income (2)
|
|
$
|
18,135
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
30,407
|
|
|
$
|
10,962
|
|
|
$
|
6,258
|
|
|
$
|
35,973
|
|
|
$
|
31,422
|
|
|
$
|
67,395
|
|
|
$
|
9,483
|
|
|
$
|
8,536
|
|
|
Adjusted for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (3)
|
|
|
(4,874
|
)
|
|
|
(3,308
|
)
|
|
|
(8,182
|
)
|
|
|
(694
|
)
|
|
|
(1,737
|
)
|
|
|
(18,354
|
)
|
|
|
(11,760
|
)
|
|
|
(30,114
|
)
|
|
|
(640
|
)
|
|
|
(1,863
|
)
|
|
Transaction costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
Employee separation costs
|
|
|
680
|
|
|
|
622
|
|
|
|
1,302
|
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
Lease abandonment and customer exit costs
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
166
|
|
|
|
215
|
|
|
|
214
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
Abandonment of long-lived software
|
|
|
880
|
|
|
|
1,004
|
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
Adjusted segment operating income
|
|
|
14,870
|
|
|
|
10,905
|
|
|
|
25,775
|
|
|
|
10,555
|
|
|
|
4,521
|
|
|
|
17,619
|
|
|
|
19,662
|
|
|
|
37,281
|
|
|
|
8,843
|
|
|
|
6,673
|
|
|
Adjusted segment operating ratio
|
|
|
93.9
|
%
|
|
|
95.9
|
%
|
|
|
94.9
|
%
|
|
|
94.9
|
%
|
|
|
93.9
|
%
|
|
|
93.3
|
%
|
|
|
91.7
|
%
|
|
|
92.5
|
%
|
|
|
95.3
|
%
|
|
|
91.2
|
%
|
|
(1)
|
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, this table reconciles consolidated GAAP segment operating income and segment operating ratio to
consolidated non-GAAP adjusted segment operating income and adjusted segment operating ratio.
|
|
(2)
|
Segment operating expenses, segment operating income, and segment operating ratio exclude indirect costs not directly attributable to any one
reportable segment, amortization of intangible assets, and contingent consideration liability adjustments to match the information our Chief Operating Decision Maker uses to evaluate the operating results of our reportable segments. The
prior year periods have been conformed to this presentation.
|
|
(3)
|
Represents indirect costs not directly attributable to any one reportable segment, amortization of intangible assets, and contingent consideration
liability adjustments.
|