Universal Truckload Services Inc. announced that the board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 2, 2015 and is expected to be paid on March 12, 2015.

The company also reported that it has appointed Rogers as a director of Universal, effective immediately.

The company announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014. For the quarter, the company reported total operating revenues of $302,480,000 against $259,548,000 a year ago. Income from operations was $18,793,000 against $19,133,000 a year ago. Income before provision for income taxes was $16,829,000 against $18,314,000 a year ago. Net income was $10,519,000 or $0.35 per diluted share against $11,302,000 or $0.38 per diluted share a year ago. Adjusted income from operations was $18,793,000 against $19,856,000 a year ago. EBITDA was $27,714,000 against $24,070,000 a year ago. Adjusted EBITDA was $27,714,000 against $24,793,000 a year ago. Capital expenditures were at $6 million.

For the full year, the company reported total operating revenues of $1,191,521,000 against $1,033,492,000 a year ago. Income from operations was $80,835,000 against $84,493,000 a year ago. Income before provision for income taxes was $73,099,000 against $80,916,000 a year ago. Net income was $45,370,000 or $1.51 per diluted share against $50,572,000 or $1.68 per diluted share a year ago. Adjusted income from operations was $80,835,000 against $85,216,000 a year ago. EBITDA was $113,888,000 against $104,179,000 a year ago. Adjusted EBITDA was $113,888,000 against $104,902,000 a year ago. Capital expenditures totaled $59 million.

For the year 2015 revenue growth targets for each of Universal's 3 service categories. A quick extrapolation of these growth rates result in 2015 revenues of about $1.3 billion. In 2015, management team and company is focused on delivering consolidated EBITDA in the range of 10% to 10.6%, which represents a meaningful increase from 9.6% in 2014.