All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-07-26.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-07-26); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-04-23) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+6.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $671 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.3% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 9% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 4.7% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.9% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 47% of 13 in its family; net margin 0.6%.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 27% by size; a net margin of 0.6% ranks in the bottom 35%; revenue growth of -1.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 47% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Parker, David Ray (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-05-25, 20.5 years (top 4% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.2 years (bottom 42%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 19%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 23% of 13 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $234 million leaves -21.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -2.9% of revenue (bottom 19%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 20% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1.5% a year over the last three filed years against 6.3% over all 10, slowing (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 2.9% (top 12%); capital spending grew 13.7% a year (top 29%) (its annual reports). Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Cargo and Freight at $1.1 billion (91%), Fuel Surcharge at $105 million (9%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 45% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.7% above the $1.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $7 million against a prior three-year average of $67 million (bottom 35%); a net margin of 0.6% against 5.7% before (bottom 27%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made