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HTLD Financials Heartland Express Inc

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 4.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at -7.1% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($156M) exceeds cash ($18M); net debt is $137M.
  • Total debt is 1.5× EBITDA.
  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years.
  • The dividend has declined 0.9% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$52M $578M $1B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-7% 7% 20% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
-7% 7% 21% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$75M -$2M $70M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $192M $385M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$663M -$152M $359M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $806M -$52M 0.0% -7.1% -6.9% -4.4% -$67M $156M $18M
2024 $1.0B -$30M 0.0% -1.9% -3.6% -2.2% $35M $190M $13M
2023 $1.2B $15M 0.0% 3.5% 1.7% 1.0% -$43M $283M $28M
2022 $968M $134M 0.0% 19.5% 15.6% 8.0% $34M $385M $49M
2021 $607M $79M 0.0% 17.4% 10.9% 8.5% -$9M $0 $158M
2020 $645M $71M 0.0% 14.5% 9.8% 7.4% -$25M $114M
2019 $597M $73M 0.0% 15.8% 10.7% 8.1% -$17M $0 $77M
2018 $611M $73M 0.0% 14.7% 11.8% 9.0% -$23M $0 $161M
2017 $607M $75M 0.0% 10.5% 13.1% 9.5% -$75M $75M
2016 $613M $56M 0.0% 14.0% 11.1% 7.6% $70M $129M
2015 $736M $73M 0.0% 15.8% 15.5% 9.9% -$27M $0 $33M
2014 $871M $85M 0.0% 15.1% 17.8% 11.2% -$33M $25M $17M
2013 $582M $71M 0.0% 19.3% 17.7% 9.7% -$24M $75M $18M
2012 $546M $62M 0.0% 17.4% 21.2% 13.2% $35M $0 $120M
2011 $529M $70M 0.0% 20.2% 20.5% 13.3% -$27M $140M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced HTLD against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 33.9 67.9 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.7 1.5 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 0.5 1.1 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is HTLD growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Heartland Express Inc's revenue has grown 4.5% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does HTLD have?

As of FY2025, Heartland Express Inc reported $156M of total debt against $18M of cash.

What is HTLD's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin -7.1%, and net margin -6.5%.

What is HTLD's P/E ratio?

As of Sep '26, Heartland Express Inc traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 66.9× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.