Covenant Logistics Group optimistic about freight market in 2025

Covenant Logistics Group officials said they anticipate improving market conditions across the freight industry over the next several months.

“I think that the environment is getting better. I think optimism is getting better,” Covenant Logistics Chairman and CEO David R. Parker said during a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter earnings with analysts on Friday.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported fourth-quarter results after the market closed Thursday.

The company...

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Covenant Logistics Group Q4 earnings: First look

Covenant Logistics Group reported $251 million in freight revenue during the fourth quarter, with truckload operations increasing 3% to $190 million.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported adjusted earnings per share of 49 cents in the quarter, inline with analysts’ estimates of 49 cents.

The company posted total revenue of $277 million in the quarter, a 1% year-over-year increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, and missed Wall Street estimates of $283 million.

“We...

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Covenant Logistics CEO sees trucking market rising in 2025

Covenant Logistics Group co-founder and CEO David Parker predicts the trucking industry’s peak season will see positive growth this holiday season.

“Last week started the first week of peak that will go until about Christmas, and peak, it shot up about 105% last week, and this week peak is growing even more,” Parker said. “I think that peak is going to be a good peak, I think for the first time in about three or four years. I think after that, we will go into January and February, and the...

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Covenant Logistics sees growth in freight revenue amid market ‘bottom’ 

As the freight recession rolls on, officials for Covenant Logistics Group said they don’t anticipate conditions for carriers to get much worse.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported third-quarter earnings after the market closed Wednesday. Company officials held a conference call to discuss the results with analysts on Thursday.

“I do believe that we’re at the bottom, and I think that we’re just kind of going along the bottom … waiting on the catalyst to move things...

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Covenant Logistics Group Q3 earnings: First look

Covenant Logistics Group reported $258.6 million in freight revenue during the third quarter, with truckload operations increasing 2.8% to $198 million.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.09 in the quarter, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.08 per share.

The company posted total revenue of $287.8 million in the quarter, a 0.3% year-over-year 

decline compared to 2023, and missed Wall Street estimates of $302 million.

“Highlights of our...

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Covenant Logistics sees possible truckload market rebound in 2025

Covenant Logistics Group sees improvement in the overall freight market but not enough for a 2024 recovery, according to Chairman and CEO David Parker.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported second-quarter earnings after the market closed Wednesday. Company officials held a conference call to discuss the results with analysts on Thursday.

“I think things have bottomed out, and I do think that it’s all because of the capacity that has left that we’ve all been figuring out...

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Covenant Logistics sees 4.7% rise in Q2 earnings amid ‘weak’ freight market

Covenant Logistics Group reported revenue of $287.5 million in the second quarter after the market closed Wednesday, an increase of 4.7% year-over-year compared to 2023.

The company posted adjusted second-quarter earnings of $1.04 cents per share, a 2.8% decrease compared to the same year-ago period.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant’s (NASDAQ: CVLG) second-quarter EPS surpassed the consensus estimate of 99 cents per share. But the company missed Wall Street’s revenue prediction of $299...

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Insurance woes weigh down Knight-Swift earnings

Insurance woes weigh down Knight-Swift earnings

(Source: Knight-Swift)

Q4 earnings are in for Knight-Swift, which recorded a $71.7M operating loss from its third-party insurance business.

This might be a future business school case study on risk management. Back in 2021, Knight-Swift launched Iron Truck Services. The press release described it as “an organization that brings together services essential to transportation carriers and includes insurance, equipment maintenance, fuel purchasing,...

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Covenant Logistics sees gradual freight market recovery

Truckload carrier Covenant Logistics Group beat fourth-quarter expectations for profit and revenue, “despite the lingering weakness in the overall freight environment,” according to Tripp Grant, executive vice president.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported fourth-quarter earnings after the market closed Tuesday. Company officials held a conference call to discuss the results with analysts on Wednesday.

The transportation services provider reported adjusted earnings per...

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Covenant Logistics optimistic despite 7.4% drop in Q4 revenue

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Covenant Logistics Group reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.07 for the fourth quarter...

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