PAMT CORP Announces Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2025

PAMT CORP Announces Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2025

Third Quarter 2025 Summary Results

  • Total revenues of $150.3 million, down 17.7% YoY

  • Operating loss of $5.7 million

  • Operating ratio of 103.8%

  • Diluted loss per share of $0.27

TONTITOWN, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
PAMT CORP (NASDAQ: PAMT) (“we” or the “Company”) today reported consolidated net loss of $5.6 million, or diluted and basic loss per share of $0.27, for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. These results compare to consolidated net income of $2.4 million, or diluted and basic earnings per share of $0.11, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Operating revenues decreased 17.7% to $150.3 million for the third quarter of 2025 when compared to $182.6 million for the third quarter of 2024.

Liquidity, Capitalization, and Cash Flow

As of September 30, 2025, we had an aggregate of $175.4 million of cash, marketable equity securities, and available liquidity under our line of credit and $239.5 million of stockholders’ equity. Outstanding debt was $342.4 million as of September 30, 2025, which represents a $16.9 million increase from December 31, 2024. During the first three quarters of 2025, we generated $23.1 million in operating cash flow.

About PAMT CORP

PAMT CORP is a holding company that owns subsidiaries engaged in providing truckload dry van carrier services transporting general commodities throughout the continental United States, as well as in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The Company’s consolidated operating subsidiaries also provide transportation services in Mexico through its gateways in Laredo and El Paso, Texas, under agreements with Mexican carriers.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information included in this document contains or may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements may relate to expected future financial and operating results, prospects, plans or events, and are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, excess capacity in the trucking industry; surplus inventories; general inflation, recessionary economic cycles and downturns in customers’ business cycles; a significant reduction in or termination of the Company’s trucking service by a key customer, including as a result of recent or future labor or international trade disruptions; increases or rapid fluctuations in fuel prices, interest rates, fuel taxes, tolls, and license and registration fees; the resale value of the Company’s used equipment; the price and availability of new equipment consistent with anticipated acquisitions and replacement plans; increases in compensation for and difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified drivers and owner-operators; increases in insurance premiums and deductible amounts relating to accident, cargo, workers’ compensation, health, and other claims; increases in the number or amount of claims for which the Company is self-insured; inability of the Company to continue to secure acceptable financing arrangements; seasonal factors such as harsh weather conditions that increase operating costs; competition from trucking, rail, and intermodal competitors including reductions in rates resulting from competitive bidding; the ability to identify acceptable acquisition candidates, consummate acquisitions, and integrate acquired operations; our ability to develop and implement suitable information technology systems and prevent failures in or breaches of such systems; the impact of pending or future litigation; general risks associated with doing business in Mexico, including, without limitation, exchange rate fluctuations, inflation, import duties, tariffs, quotas, political and economic instability and terrorism; the potential impact of new laws, regulations or policy, including, without limitation, rules regarding the classification of independent contractors as employees, tariffs, import/export, trade and immigration regulations or policies; potential economic, business or operational disruptions or uncertainties that may result from any future public health crises; and other factors, including risk factors, included from time to time in filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, whether due to new information, future events or otherwise. Considering these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed above and in company filings might not transpire.

PAMT CORP

Key Financial and Operating Statistics

(unaudited)

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2025

 

2024

 

2025

 

2024

 

(in thousands, except earnings per share)

 

(in thousands, except earnings per share)

 

 

 

 

Revenue, before fuel surcharge

$132,948

 

$160,799

 

$403,455

 

$481,980

Fuel surcharge

17,316

 

21,778

 

53,285

 

66,136

Operating Revenue

150,264

 

182,577

 

456,740

 

548,116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses and costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

39,677

 

44,736

 

121,342

 

132,559

Operating supplies and expenses

29,115

 

34,982

 

89,529

 

105,002

Rent and purchased transportation

61,512

 

73,129

 

189,351

 

221,210

Depreciation

19,805

 

17,741

 

64,119

 

55,381

Insurance and claims

5,047

 

4,768

 

14,995

 

15,093

Other

4,822

 

5,121

 

14,806

 

18,052

Gain on disposition of equipment

(4,003)

 

(209)

 

(11,431)

 

(109)

Total operating expenses and costs

155,975

 

180,268

 

482,711

 

547,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss)/income

(5,711)

 

2,309

 

(25,971)

 

928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

(4,479)

 

(2,936)

 

(12,553)

 

(9,104)

Non-operating income

2,528

 

3,744

 

7,277

 

7,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss)/income before income taxes

(7,662)

 

3,117

 

(31,247)

 

(285)

Income tax (benefit)/expense

(2,075)

 

705

 

(7,891)

 

(68)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss)/income

($5,587)

 

$2,412

 

($23,356)

 

($217)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted (loss)/earnings per share

($0.27)

 

$0.11

 

($1.10)

 

($0.01)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average shares outstanding – Diluted

20,926

 

21,825

 

21,305

 

21,911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2025

 

2024

 

2025

 

2024

Truckload Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total miles (in thousands) (1)

41,521

 

46,503

 

123,092

 

136,397

Operating ratio (2)

106.7%

 

100.5%

 

110.1%

 

102.8%

Empty miles factor

8.07%

 

8.89%

 

8.66%

 

8.82%

Revenue per total mile, before fuel surcharge (1)

$2.06

 

$2.10

 

$2.05

 

$2.10

Total loads

93,853

 

106,061

 

284,185

 

319,081

Revenue per truck per workday

$689

 

$751

 

$686

 

$724

Revenue per truck per week

$3,443

 

$3,757

 

$3,428

 

$3,620

Average company-driver trucks

1,568

 

1,820

 

1,605

 

1,842

Average owner operator trucks

501

 

481

 

506

 

455

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logistics Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue (in thousands)

$41,759

 

$50,190

 

$127,012

 

$162,618

Operating ratio

99.1%

 

94.3%

 

98.6%

 

94.0%

PAMT CORP

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

2025

 

2024

 

(in thousands)

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$68,760

 

$68,060

Trade accounts receivable, net

76,257

 

79,967

Other receivables

5,492

 

4,854

Inventories

2,272

 

2,433

Prepaid expenses and deposits

8,033

 

11,555

Marketable equity securities

46,802

 

42,620

Income taxes refundable

2,526

 

2,281

Total current assets

210,142

 

211,770

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment

783,916

 

836,490

Less: accumulated depreciation

282,625

 

309,272

Total property and equipment, net

501,291

 

527,218

 

 

 

 

Other non-current assets

3,814

 

2,666

Total Assets

$715,247

 

$741,654

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$33,058

 

$31,198

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

15,721

 

14,569

Current portion of long-term debt

68,831

 

73,017

Total current liabilities

117,610

 

118,784

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net of current portion

273,596

 

252,565

Deferred income taxes

84,030

 

92,547

Other long-term liabilities

499

 

250

Total liabilities

475,735

 

464,146

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Common stock

224

 

224

Additional paid-in capital

41,459

 

41,171

Treasury stock, at cost

(28,924)

 

(13,996)

Retained earnings

226,753

 

250,109

Total stockholders’ equity

239,512

 

277,508

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$715,247

 

$741,654

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1)

Excludes miles driven by third party power only carriers.

2)

The Truckload Operations operating ratio has been calculated based upon total operating expenses, net of fuel surcharge, as a percentage of revenue, before fuel surcharge. We used revenue, before fuel surcharge, and operating expenses, net of fuel surcharge, because we believe that eliminating this sometimes volatile source of revenue affords a more consistent basis for comparing our results of operations from period to period.

 

FROM: PAMT CORP

P.O. BOX 188

Tontitown, AR 72770

Daniel C. Kleine

(479) 361-9111

KEYWORDS: Arkansas United States North America

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Trucking Transport Logistics/Supply Chain Management

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