Company: PAMT
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-025711
Chunk: 77

Company: PAMT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 77
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 flat when comparing the six months ending June 30, 2025 to the six months ending June 30, 2024. The reduction in truck count and miles is a result of the ongoing freight recession, characterized by an oversupply of available trucks in the market compared to available freight.

Salaries, wages and benefits increased from 39.5% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, in the first six months of 2024 to 41.5% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2025. The percentage-based increase relates primarily to the interaction of a decrease in operating revenues with the fixed-cost nature of employing human capital.

Operating supplies and expenses increased from 12.0% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, in the first six months of 2024 to 12.9% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2025. The increase relates primarily to the interaction of expenses with fixed-cost characteristics, such as rents, driver training schools and operating taxes and licenses with a decrease in revenue.

Rent and purchased transportation increased from 24.5% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, in the first six months of 2024 to 28.0% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2025. The increase was primarily due to a quarter-over-quarter increase in the percentage of miles driven by third-party owner-operators as opposed to company-employed drivers.

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Depreciation increased from 17.8% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2024 to 23.4% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2025. The increase is primarily attributed to management’s change in accounting estimates related to the salvage values and useful lives of revenue equipment during the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition to the effect from the Company’s previous change in accounting estimate, the year-over-year increase can also be attributed to the interaction of a decrease in operating revenues with the fixed-cost nature of depreciation expense.

Gain on disposition of equipment increased from 0.0% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2024 to 4.0% of revenues, before fuel surcharges, during the first six months of 2025. The increase was primarily due to the disposition of revenue equipment effected by management’s change in accounting estimates related to the salvage