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PAMT CORP’s subsidiaries move goods such as automotive parts and retail merchandise in enclosed truck trailers. Customers pay it to collect freight and deliver it to an agreed destination. Most revenue comes from truckload services using company-owned trucks or contractors; the rest comes from brokerage and logistics services that arrange transportation mainly through third-party carriers.
U.S. domestic shipments provide most revenue, but freight moving to or from Mexico is also a major part of the business. PAMT works with Mexican carriers, making those services dependent on carrier relationships and border crossings. Canadian shipments contribute only a small share.
A substantial share of revenue comes from a few large customers, including General Motors, Ford and Walmart. The broader automotive industry is particularly important, and PAMT generally has no long-term contracts with major customers. Revenue depends on freight rates, how much its equipment runs and how much mileage customers pay for. Its ability to recover diesel costs through freight rates and fuel surcharges also matters.
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Werner Enterprises Inc competes with PAMT CORP for retailers’ and manufacturers’ dry-van, urgent and cross-border Mexico truckloads. Its One-Way Truckload business is the part to watch for overlapping van and time-sensitive shipments.
Heartland Express Inc competes with PAMT CORP to carry major U.S. shippers’ dry-van and time-sensitive loads using their own trucks. Heartland’s emphasis on premium rates and on-time delivery makes its service pricing worth watching, though its business leans toward shorter hauls.
Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. competes with PAMT CORP both to haul shippers’ full truckloads, including urgent freight, and to arrange transport through other carriers. Watch its Managed Freight revenue for the latter overlap: that business supplied 27.08% of Covenant’s 2025 revenue excluding fuel surcharges.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. competes with PAMT CORP to haul general goods by the truckload and arrange other carriers to move customers’ freight across North America. Its Truckload and Logistics businesses are the relevant comparison, rather than its less-than-truckload or rail-linked services.
Schneider National, Inc. competes with PAMT CORP for North American shippers’ loads, both carrying freight in dry-van trucks and arranging other carriers to transport it.
PAMT CORP depends on transportation orders from General Motors Company, which supplied approximately 14% of PAMT’s 2025 revenue. GM builds and sells vehicles and parts; its production and shipping decisions are the news to watch for PAMT’s automotive freight demand.
Ford Motor Company’s manufacturing activity feeds PAMT CORP’s freight demand: Ford bought transportation services accounting for approximately 9% of PAMT’s 2025 revenue. Watch production of the Ford and Lincoln vehicles it sells, rather than its vehicle-financing business.
Marten Transport Ltd competes with PAMT CORP to carry shippers’ dry freight and arrange transport through other carriers, including in Mexico, but is more exposed to refrigerated freight. Dry freight supplied 41% of Marten’s 2025 Truckload and Dedicated revenue, so that portion is the closer comparison.
Landstar System Inc competes with PAMT CORP to arrange outside carriers for customers’ truckload and urgent freight across the United States and Mexico. Its truck transportation activity is the comparison to watch for PAMT’s brokerage and logistics business, rather than Landstar’s insurance revenue.
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. competes with PAMT CORP for manufacturers’ and retailers’ transportation orders across North America, including cross-border Mexico freight. That overlap matters for PAMT: shipments to or from Mexico supplied 44.2% of its 2025 revenue.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc competes with PAMT CORP to carry shippers’ general merchandise, manufactured goods and automotive freight in dry vans and to arrange transport through other carriers. Its Truckload and Integrated Capacity Solutions businesses are the closest comparisons for those two services.
Walmart Inc. pays PAMT CORP to transport freight and supplied approximately 8% of PAMT’s 2025 revenue. Walmart sells goods through stores and online, making this a retail-customer exposure for PAMT rather than an automotive one.
ArcBest Corporation competes with PAMT CORP through MoLo, which arranges truckload transport for shippers, and Panther, which carries urgent ground freight. Watch those businesses within its Asset-Light segment for the overlap with PAMT’s brokerage and time-sensitive transportation.
Stellantis N.V.’s plant shutdowns can reach PAMT CORP through the automotive supply chains it serves: shutdowns during the 2023 strike contributed to PAMT’s financial weakness in the third and fourth quarters of 2023 and first quarter of 2024. Stellantis builds and sells vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico, making North American plant stoppages the news to watch.
EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change (Oct/16)
The EIA’s weekly stocks track crude oil and fuel held in storage; tighter supply can push up diesel costs for PAMT, while its fuel surcharges may not fully recover those increases.
Larger crude and fuel stocks may ease pressure on diesel prices and PAMT’s costs; smaller stocks may tighten supply and raise those costs, partly offset if fuel surcharges recover the increase.
PAMT CORP earningsThis company
PAMT CORP earns freight revenue by hauling loads and arranging outside carriers, and this report will show whether rates and volume together can cover the cost of that work.
Read truckload rate per mile and miles alongside brokerage loads and each business’s operating ratio, the share of revenue consumed by operating costs after excluding fuel surcharges. Higher rates and volume with lower ratios would mean each load is covering more of the cost of trucks, drivers and outside carriers; weak rates or volume with ratios still high would mean freight revenue is still not covering those costs.
Durable Goods Orders MoM (Sep)
For PAMT, orders for long-lasting goods, including vehicles, can shape freight demand: stronger orders may mean more automotive shipments and truck use, supporting revenue.
Expected0.2%Last release-0.1%
If it comes in above expectations
If the reading is above the 0.2% estimate, it is above the previous -0.1%. If orders come in above the estimate, stronger demand for vehicles and other durable goods may bring more freight from automakers and their suppliers, including GM and Ford, increasing loads and equipment use.
If it comes in below expectations
If orders come in below the estimate, weaker demand may mean fewer shipments from automakers and suppliers, reducing loads and truck use and weighing on freight revenue.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
The Fed’s policy rate tracks the cost of short-term borrowing across the economy; changes can affect what PAMT pays to finance its trucks, trailers and $333.9 million of long-term debt.
Expected4.0%Last release4.0%
If it comes in above expectations
A rate above the estimate can make new borrowing more expensive and raise costs on debt that reprices, leaving less operating cash for equipment purchases and debt payments.
If it comes in below expectations
A rate below the estimate can make new borrowing cheaper and ease costs on debt that reprices, leaving more operating cash available for equipment purchases and debt payments.
JOLTs Job Openings (Sep)
Job openings track employers’ demand for workers; a tighter labor market can make it harder for PAMT to recruit qualified drivers and contractors, raising pay or leaving trucks idle and increasing costs.
Expected7.0MLast release7.079M
If it comes in above expectations
If openings come in above the estimate, stronger competition for workers may push up driver and contractor compensation or leave PAMT trucks idle when it cannot fill roles.
If it comes in below expectations
If the reading is below the 7.0M estimate, it is below the previous 7.079M. If openings come in below the estimate, a looser labor market may ease competition for qualified drivers and contractors, reducing pressure to raise compensation or leave trucks idle.
Non Farm Payrolls (Oct)
The monthly payrolls report tracks jobs added across the economy; stronger employment can support spending and shipments of consumer, manufactured and automotive goods that PAMT hauls, while weaker hiring can soften freight demand.
Stronger payroll growth may support customer shipments of consumer, manufactured and automotive goods, increasing PAMT’s loads; weaker growth may soften those shipments and reduce freight demand.
Retail Sales MoM (Oct)
Retail sales track consumer spending at retailers; stronger sales may increase shipments of consumer goods PAMT hauls for customers such as Walmart, which generated about 8% of its 2025 revenue.
Stronger retail sales may mean customers such as Walmart ship more consumer goods, lifting PAMT’s loads and freight revenue; weaker sales may mean fewer shipments and less revenue.
Industrial Production MoM (Oct)
Factory, mine and utility output tracks industrial activity; for PAMT, more production can mean more automotive-parts and manufactured-goods freight to haul and higher truck use, supporting revenue.
More industrial output may mean more parts and manufactured goods moving through PAMT’s network and greater truck use; weaker output may mean fewer loads and lower utilization.
