Heartland Express Inc
HTLD Nasdaq· Trucking (No Local)
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$10.18
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Heartland Express Inc had $806M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 23.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.5% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −7.1%, down 5.2 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −7 is left after running the business.
- Heartland Express Inc lost $52.5M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$66.9M in fiscal 2025, −8.3% of revenue.
- Heartland Express Inc returned $16.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 1.1%.
- Heartland Express Inc owes $136M more than it holds in cash, about 1.3 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$788M
P/E
—
Revenue
$806M
Net income
−$52.5M
Free cash flow
−$66.9M
Operating margin
−7.1%
Heartland Express Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−23.1%
No. Sales fell 23.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−6.5%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
−8.3%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
1.3x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.3 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 8
Mixed. It passes 4 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Heartland Express Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 3, 2026
- Legal name
- HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
- CIK
- 0000799233
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $607M | $968M | $1.2B | $1.0B | $806M |
| Revenue growth | −5.9% | 59.4% | 24.7% | −13.2% | −23.1% |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 19.5% | 3.5% | −1.9% | −7.1% |
| Net income | $79.3M | $134M | $14.8M | −$29.7M | −$52.5M |
| Net margin | 13.1% | 13.8% | 1.2% | −2.8% | −6.5% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.00 | $1.69 | $0.19 | −$0.38 | −$0.67 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $123M | $195M | $165M | $144M | $89.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $133M | $161M | $209M | $110M | $156M |
| Free cash flow | −$9.2M | $34.1M | −$43.3M | $34.8M | −$66.9M |
| FCF margin | −1.5% | 3.5% | −3.6% | 3.3% | −8.3% |
| Dividends paid | $45.9M | $6.3M | $6.3M | $6.3M | $6.2M |
| Share buybacks | $32.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $7.3M | $10.4M |
| Share count change | −2.2% | −0.8% | 0.1% | −0.4% | −1.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $158M | $49.5M | $28.1M | $12.8M | $18.5M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $0.0M | $380M | $280M | $188M | $154M |
| Shareholders' equity | $727M | $855M | $865M | $823M | $755M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.8x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.1x | 1.3x |
| Current ratio | 3.3x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.1x | 1.0x |
| Interest coverage | — | 22.0x | 1.8x | −1.2x | −5.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 13.8% | 11.7% | 2.8% | −1.6% | −5.1% |
| Return on equity | 10.9% | 16.9% | 1.7% | −3.5% | −6.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 14.8% | 31.0% | 3.3% | −7.3% | −14.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 8.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.5M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Heartland Express Inc · HTLD
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $10.18 a share, the company is worth $788M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000799233). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.