Note A - Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]	NOTE A: BASIS OF PRESENTATION In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information reported in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and its legally distinct subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated, is presented on a consolidated basis. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “P.A.M.,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us” mean P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The consolidated financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, include the results of our newly formed subsidiaries, Met Express, Inc. and Costar Equipment, Inc., from June 14, 2022, the date of the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Metropolitan Trucking, Inc. and its related entities, through September 30, 2022. All material intercompany items and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and the footnotes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. On July 13, 2021 and March 8, 2022, our Board of Directors declared 2-for-1 forward stock splits of the shares of our common stock, each of which was effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. The stock splits entitled each shareholder of record at the close of business on July 30, 2021 and March 18, 2022, respectively, to receive one additional share of common stock for each share of common stock owned as of that date. The stock splits were paid on August 16, 2021 and March 29, 2022, respectively. Upon the completion of the August 2021 stock split, our outstanding shares increased from approximately 5.7 million shares to approximately 11.4 million shares. Upon the completion of the March 2022 stock split, our outstanding shares increased from approximately 11.1 million shares to approximately 22.2 million shares. All share and per share amounts in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q give effect to these stock splits and have been adjusted retrospectively, where applicable, for all periods presented.

Note A - Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

NOTE A: BASIS OF PRESENTATION

In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information reported in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and its legally distinct subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated, is presented on a consolidated basis. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “P.A.M.,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us” mean P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

The consolidated financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, include the results of our newly formed subsidiaries, Met Express, Inc. and Costar Equipment, Inc., from June 14, 2022, the date of the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Metropolitan Trucking, Inc. and its related entities, through September 30, 2022. All material intercompany items and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and the footnotes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

On July 13, 2021 and March 8, 2022, our Board of Directors declared 2-for-1 forward stock splits of the shares of our common stock, each of which was effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. The stock splits entitled each shareholder of record at the close of business on July 30, 2021 and March 18, 2022, respectively, to receive one additional share of common stock for each share of common stock owned as of that date. The stock splits were paid on August 16, 2021 and March 29, 2022, respectively. Upon the completion of the August 2021 stock split, our outstanding shares increased from approximately 5.7 million shares to approximately 11.4 million shares. Upon the completion of the March 2022 stock split, our outstanding shares increased from approximately 11.1 million shares to approximately 22.2 million shares. All share and per share amounts in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q give effect to these stock splits and have been adjusted retrospectively, where applicable, for all periods presented.