Private company

Daseke, Inc.

American transportation services company, incorporated in Delaware1

In its 2024 annual report the company says: “The Company also provides logistical planning and warehousing services to customers. The Company is subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and various state regulatory authorities in the United States. The Company is also subject to regulation by the Ministries of Transportation and Communications and various provincial regulatory authorities in Canada.”4 It is headquartered in Addison, Texas.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • IndustryTransportation Services1
  • HeadquartersAddison, Texas1
  • Incorporated inDE2
  • Business address15455 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 550, Addison, Tx 750012
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer2

Daseke is a premier North American transportation solutions specialist dedicated to servicing challenging industrial end-markets through experienced people, a fleet of more than 4,700 tractors and 9,600 flatbed and specialized trailers, and has operations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Company also provides logistical planning and warehousing services to customers. The Company is subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and various state regulatory authorities in the United States. The Company is also subject to regulation by the Ministries of Transportation and Communications and various provincial regulatory authorities in Canada.4 From its latest annual report

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2023

2.3%Operating margin5
-1.1%Net margin5
-11.5%Revenue growth, 20235
-11.7%Return on equity5
3.72×Debt to equity5
$88.4MFree cash flow5

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2023

  • Other costs100¢$1.6B
  • Income tax0¢$7.3M

Out of $1.6B in revenue.5 The company lost money this year.

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2023

  • Capital spending26¢$30.3M
  • Kept or used elsewhere74¢$88.4M

Out of $118.7M of cash from operations.5

Financial statements

Revenue6785$1.6B in 2023+85% since 2017
0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B2017: $846.3M$846.3M20172018: $1.6B$1.6B2018+91%2019: $1.7B$1.7B2019+8%2020: $1.5B$1.5B2020−16%2021: $1.6B$1.6B2021+7%2022: $1.8B$1.8B2022+14%2023: $1.6B$1.6B2023−11%
Operating income6785$36.2M in 2023+417% since 2017
-$400.0M-$200.0M0$200.0M2017: $7.0M$7.0M20172018: $21.9M$21.9M2018+213%2019: -$312.1M-$312.1M20192020: $35.4M$35.4M20202021: $112.8M$112.8M2021+219%2022: $98.4M$98.4M2022−13%2023: $36.2M$36.2M2023−63%
Net income6785-$17.7M in 2023
-$400.0M-$300.0M-$200.0M-$100.0M0$100.0M2017: $27.0M$27.0M20172018: $60.8M$60.8M2018+125%2019: -$306.0M-$306.0M20192020: $4.1M$4.1M20202021: $56.0M$56.0M2021+1266%2022: $50.2M$50.2M2022−10%2023: -$17.7M-$17.7M2023
Fiscal year2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue$846.3M6$1.6B7$1.7B7$1.5B8$1.6B5$1.8B5$1.6B5
Operating expenses$1.4B5$1.7B5$1.5B5
Operating income$7.0M6$21.9M7-$312.1M7$35.4M8$112.8M5$98.4M5$36.2M5
Income before tax$82.0M5$69.8M5-$10.4M5
Income tax-$52.3M6-$15.9M7-$54.6M7-$200.0K8$26.0M5$19.6M5$7.3M5
Net income$27.0M6$60.8M7-$306.0M7$4.1M8$56.0M5$50.2M5-$17.7M5
Earnings per share$0.596$0.917-$4.847-$0.018$0.795$0.735-$0.595
Earnings per share (diluted)$0.566$0.907-$4.847-$0.018$0.775$0.705-$0.595
Shares (weighted, basic)63.7M shares560.5M shares545.8M shares5
Shares (weighted, diluted)65.4M shares563.3M shares545.8M shares5

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Corporate structure

Daseke, Inc. sits at the top of its group. 49 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Daseke, Inc.

  • Daseke, Inc. Addison, Texas
    • Alabama Carriers, LLC Subsidiary · Tennessee, United States
    • Aveda Transportation and Energy Services Inc. Subsidiary · Alberta, Canada
    • Bed Rock, Inc. Subsidiary · Missouri, United States
    • Big Freight Systems Inc. Subsidiary · Manitoba, Canada
    • Boyd Bros. Transportation, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Boyd Logistics Properties, LLC Subsidiary · Ohio, United States
    • Boyd Logistics, L.L.C. Subsidiary · Alabama, United States
    • Bros., LLC Subsidiary · South Carolina, United States
    • Builders Transportation Co., LLC Subsidiary · Tennessee, United States
    • Bulldog Hiway Express, LLC Subsidiary · South Carolina, United States
    • Bulldog Hiway Logistics, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Central Oregon Truck Company, LLC Subsidiary · Oregon, United States
    • Daseke Companies, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke Fleet Services, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke Leasing Services, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke Lone Star, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke MFS LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke RM LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke ST LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke TRS LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Daseke TSH LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • E.W. Wylie, LLC Subsidiary · North Dakota, United States
    • Fleet Movers, LLC. Subsidiary · Tennessee, United States
    • Hornady Logistics, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Hornady Transportation, L.L.C. Subsidiary · Alabama, United States
    • and 23 more

Built from subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Daseke, Inc. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$957.6M5 Dec 31, 2023$859.5M5 Dec 31, 2022+11.4%
Accumulated depreciation$401.5M5 Dec 31, 2023$371.2M5 Dec 31, 2022+8.2%
Property and equipment, net$556.1M5 Dec 31, 2023$488.3M5 Dec 31, 2022+13.9%
Finance-lease assets$22.0M5 Dec 31, 2023$26.0M5 Dec 31, 2022−15.4%
Operating-lease assets (leased space)$98.9M5 Dec 31, 2023$107.6M5 Dec 31, 2022−8.1%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$76.6M5 Dec 31, 2023$153.4M5 Dec 31, 2022−50.1%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$124.2M5 Dec 31, 2023$137.3M5 Dec 31, 2022−9.5%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$71.8M5 Dec 31, 2023$80.6M5 Dec 31, 2022−10.9%
Accumulated amortization$86.8M5 Dec 31, 2023$80.4M5 Dec 31, 2022+8.0%

Leadership

Who has led Daseke, Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (19)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries (Exhibit 21)

  • Alabama Carriers, LLC Tennessee3
  • Aveda Transportation and Energy Services Inc. Alberta, Canada3
  • Bed Rock, Inc. Missouri3
  • Big Freight Systems Inc. Manitoba, Canada3
  • Boyd Bros. Transportation, LLC Delaware3
  • Boyd Logistics Properties, LLC Ohio3
  • Boyd Logistics, L.L.C. Alabama3
  • Bros., LLC South Carolina3
  • Builders Transportation Co., LLC Tennessee3
  • Bulldog Hiway Express, LLC South Carolina3
  • Bulldog Hiway Logistics, LLC Delaware3
  • Central Oregon Truck Company, LLC Oregon3
  • Daseke Companies, Inc. Delaware3
  • Daseke Fleet Services, LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke Leasing Services, LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke Lone Star, LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke MFS LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke RM LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke ST LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke TRS LLC Delaware3
  • Daseke TSH LLC Delaware3
  • E.W. Wylie, LLC North Dakota3
  • Fleet Movers, LLC. Tennessee3
  • Hornady Logistics, LLC Delaware3
All 48 listed subsidiaries
  • Hornady Transportation, L.L.C. Alabama3
  • Hornady Truck Line, LLC Alabama3
  • J. Grady Randolph, LLC South Carolina3
  • JD and Partners, LLC Tennessee3
  • JGR Logistics, LLC Delaware3
  • Kelsey-Trail Trucking Ltd. Saskatchewan, Canada3
  • Lone Star Transportation, LLC Texas3
  • Omnia Risk Retention Group, Inc. South Carolina3
  • RT & L, LLC Tennessee3
  • Rand, LLC Tennessee3
  • Randolph Brothers, LLC South Carolina3
  • Roadmaster Equipment Leasing, Inc. Delaware3
  • Roadmaster Group II, LLC Delaware3
  • Roadmaster Specialized, Inc. Arizona3
  • Rodan Transport (U.S.A.) Ltd. Delaware3
  • SJ Transportation Co. Inc New Jersey3
  • Smokey Point Distributing, LLC Washington3
  • Steelman Transportation, LLC Missouri3
  • TM Transport And Leasing, LLC Tennessee3
  • TNI (USA), Inc. Delaware3
  • TSH International Services Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico3
  • Tennessee Steel Haulers, LLC Tennessee3
  • TexR Equipment, LLC Texas3
  • WTI Transport, LLC Alabama3

The subsidiaries the company lists in Exhibit 21 of its annual report, as filed.

Former names

  • Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp IIMay 21, 2015 to Feb 27, 20172

Timeline

  1. Apr 2, 20248-K Ended a material agreement; Completed an acquisition or sale; Listing notice or transfer41
  2. Mar 26, 20248-K Shareholder vote42
  3. Feb 6, 20248-K Executive or director change43
  4. Dec 28, 20238-K Entered a material agreement44
  5. Dec 22, 20238-K Regulation FD disclosure; Other events45
  6. Nov 9, 20238-K Results of operations46
  7. Nov 9, 20238-K Regulation FD disclosure47
  8. Aug 3, 20238-K Results of operations48
  9. Aug 3, 20238-K Regulation FD disclosure49
  10. Jun 26, 20238-K Executive or director change50
  11. Jun 9, 20238-K Executive or director change; Shareholder vote51
  12. Jun 1, 20238-K Executive or director change; Regulation FD disclosure52
  13. Jun 2, 2021New chief executive Jonathan Shepko becomes CEO13
  14. Sep 10, 2019New chief executive Christopher R. Easter becomes CEO14
  15. Jul 22, 2015New chief executive Daniel J. Hennessy becomes CEO15

Calendar

When it reported results

  1. Nov 9, 2023Reported quarterly or annual results46
  2. Aug 3, 2023Reported quarterly or annual results48
  3. May 9, 2023Reported quarterly or annual results53
  4. Feb 6, 2023Reported quarterly or annual results54
  5. Nov 9, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results55
  6. Aug 2, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results56
  7. May 3, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results57
  8. Jan 25, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results58

Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar

Filings

170 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 7 quarterly reports, 34 major events, 82 insider forms, 16 large holders, 26 other. The latest 20:

  1. May 15, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
  2. Feb 14, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
  3. Nov 8, 2024SC 13G/A CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC EDGAR
  4. Apr 12, 202415-12G EDGAR
  5. Apr 8, 2024EFFECT EDGAR
  6. Apr 3, 2024SC 13D/A EDGAR
  7. Apr 2, 20248-K EDGAR
  8. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  9. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  10. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  11. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  12. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  13. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  14. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  15. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  16. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  17. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  18. Apr 1, 20244 EDGAR
  19. Apr 1, 202410-K/A AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K EDGAR
  20. Apr 1, 2024POS AM EDGAR

The 170 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

4 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 2 buys and 2 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Nov 29, 2022Ellingsen Catharine DDirectorBuy4,200$5.68$23.9KForm 4
Nov 29, 2022Serianni Charles FDirectorBuy10,000$5.89$58.9KForm 4
Oct 8, 2021Williams Rick AlanEVP and COOSale43,238$9.95$430.2KForm 4
Oct 7, 2021Williams Rick AlanEVP and COOSale6,267$9.95$62.4KForm 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

SEC filer profile

How Daseke, Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARDaseke, Inc.1
  • CIK0001642453
  • Employer ID (EIN)47-39132211
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer1
  • Incorporated inDelaware1
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 311
  • Industry code (SIC)4700 Transportation Services1
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Energy & Transportation, Division of Corporation Finance1
  • Business address15455 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 550, Addison, TX 750011
  • Phone972-248-04121
  • Shares outstanding47,200,283 as of Feb 23, 202467
  • Public float$316.5M as of Jun 30, 202367
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 21, 20151
  • Filings544 in all: 4 (167), 8-K (148), 3 (28), DEFA14A (27), 10-Q (26), SC 13G/A (15), SC 13G (14), 8-K/A (11)1
    All 40 form types

    10-K (9), CORRESP (8), DEF 14A (8), SC 13D/A (8), S-8 (7), S-8 POS (7), UPLOAD (7), 10-K/A (6), SC 13D (5), 424B5 (4), EFFECT (4), 25-NSE (3), DEFM14A (3), PREM14A (3), PRER14A (3), 424B3 (2), 5 (2), CT ORDER (2), S-3 (2), S-3/A (2), SCHEDULE 13G/A (2), 15-12G (1), 424B4 (1), 8-A12B (1), ARS (1), CERTNAS (1), DEFR14A (1), DRS (1), POS AM (1), PRE 14A (1), S-1 (1), S-1/A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 7, 2024
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 9, 2023
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 27, 2023
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Apr 2, 2024

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