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Best Trucking Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top trucking stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best trucking stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best trucking stocks to buy right now are:

Covenant Logistics Group (NYSE:CVLG) is the #1 top trucking stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Covenant Logistics Group (NYSE:CVLG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Covenant Logistics Group (NYSE:CVLG) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the trucking industry average of 30.

CVLG passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Covenant Logistics Group has seen its stock lose -7.58% over the past year, overperforming other trucking stocks by 14 percentage points.

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) is the #2 top trucking stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the trucking industry average of 30.

SNDR passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Schneider National has seen its stock lose -7.55% over the past year, overperforming other trucking stocks by 14 percentage points.

Schneider National has an average 1 year price target of $26.20, an upside of 5.99% from Schneider National's current stock price of $24.72.

Schneider National stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Schneider National, 30% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) is the #3 top trucking stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the trucking industry average of 30.

WERN passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Werner Enterprises has seen its stock lose -21.09% over the past year.

Werner Enterprises has an average 1 year price target of $27.80, a downside of -3.64% from Werner Enterprises's current stock price of $28.85.

Werner Enterprises stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Werner Enterprises, 10% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 30% have issued a Sell rating, and 10% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 8 trucking stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 trucking stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) has an annual dividend yield of 2.03%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the trucking industry average of 1.21%. Marten Transport's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Marten Transport's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Marten Transport's dividend payout ratio of 88.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Universal Logistics Holdings (NASDAQ:ULH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.64%, which is the same as the trucking industry average of 1.21%. Universal Logistics Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Universal Logistics Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Universal Logistics Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 13.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.56%, which is the same as the trucking industry average of 1.21%. Schneider National's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Schneider National's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Schneider National's dividend payout ratio of 53.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Trucking stocks were up 0.59% in the last day, and down -5.19% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued trucking stocks right now are:

Arcbest (NASDAQ:ARCB) is the most undervalued trucking stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Arcbest has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the trucking industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Arcbest's stock has dropped -30.15% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the trucking industry by -9 percentage points.

Universal Logistics Holdings (NASDAQ:ULH) is the second most undervalued trucking stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Universal Logistics Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the trucking industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Logistics Holdings's stock has dropped -38.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the trucking industry by -17 percentage points.

Tfi International (NYSE:TFII) is the third most undervalued trucking stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Tfi International has a valuation score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the trucking industry average of 27. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tfi International's stock has dropped -36.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the trucking industry by -15 percentage points.

41.67% of trucking stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect trucking stocks to rise by 12.17% over the next year.

0% of trucking stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of trucking stocks are rated B (Buy), 71.43% are rated C (Hold), 21.43% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).