Heartland Express
HTLD
11.42
+0.14
+1.24%
Heartland Express
US · HTLD
#3344 by market cap
11.42
+0.14
+1.24%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 165s ago
· 2026-10-08 10:06
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0.00%
- Market cap
- 883.14M
- P/E (TTM)i
- -40.79
- P/Bi
- 1.17
- EPSi
- -0.67
- Div yieldi
- 0.70%
- 52W posi
- 46%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Fair
- Altman Z-Score is 2.86, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year -23.08% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 8.38%
- Operating margin
- -7.68%
- Net margin
- -6.51%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 1.03B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 2.86
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 610.80M | 596.82M | 645.26M | 607.28M | 968.00M | 1.21B | 1.05B | 805.71M |
| Gross profit | 126.03M | 122.13M | 147.46M | 128.24M | 200.69M | 145.28M | 110.16M | 67.54M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 23.31M | 21.96M | 27.51M | 25.27M | 41.43M | 55.79M | 60.32M | 66.45M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 64.82M | 62.93M | 78.59M | 67.97M | 91.45M | 1.30M | -27.74M | -61.87M |
| Pretax profit | 91.92M | 97.18M | 94.26M | 106.05M | 181.09M | 19.85M | -36.68M | -68.13M |
| Tax | 19.24M | 24.21M | 23.46M | 26.77M | 47.51M | 5.08M | -6.95M | -15.68M |
| Net profit | 72.68M | 72.97M | 70.81M | 79.28M | 133.58M | 14.78M | -29.72M | -52.45M |
| Basic EPS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 0.19 | -0.38 | -0.67 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 219.42M | 210.39M | 196.55M | 179.36M | 176.26M | 184.13M |
| Gross profit | 15.08M | 17.27M | 18.80M | 16.39M | 16.94M | 18.56M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 14.19M | 16.36M | 17.53M | 18.37M | 14.38M | 13.76M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | -16.68M | -15.20M | -13.94M | -16.04M | -10.61M | -8.50M |
| Pretax profit | -17.87M | -15.18M | -9.93M | -25.15M | -5.30M | 15.04M |
| Tax | -4.00M | -4.33M | -1.64M | -5.70M | -477.00K | 4.46M |
| Net profit | -13.87M | -10.86M | -8.28M | -19.44M | -4.82M | 10.58M |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diluted EPS | -0.18 | -0.14 | -0.11 | -0.25 | -0.06 | 0.14 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 232.50M | 151.81M | 193.01M | 233.22M | 229.78M | 169.27M | 129.45M | 114.60M |
| Cash & ST investments | 161.45M | 76.68M | 113.85M | 157.74M | 49.46M | 28.12M | 12.81M | 18.48M |
| Inventory | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total assets | 806.21M | 898.93M | 951.18M | 928.54M | 1.67B | 1.51B | 1.33B | 1.19B |
| Total current liabilities | 64.69M | 63.41M | 71.04M | 71.59M | 156.76M | 123.48M | 119.56M | 110.16M |
| Short-term debt | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25.95M | 18.56M | 15.16M | 7.04M |
| Long-term debt | -- | -- | -- | -- | 399.06M | 290.70M | 191.71M | 154.06M |
| Total liabilities | 190,241,000.00 | 214,272,000.00 | 226,842,000.00 | 201,440,000.00 | 814,011,000.00 | 644,386,000.00 | 511,593,000.00 | 436,298,000.00 |
| Total equity | 615.97M | 684.66M | 724.33M | 727.10M | 855.48M | 865.26M | 822.60M | 755.32M |
| Retained earnings | 760.26M | 826.67M | 890.97M | 924.38M | 1.05B | 1.06B | 1.02B | 965.41M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 140.42M | 136.20M | 138.13M | 114.60M | 143.20M | 185.79M |
| Cash & ST investments | 23.87M | 22.88M | 32.69M | 18.48M | 44.49M | 62.39M |
| Inventory | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total assets | 1.34B | 1.30B | 1.26B | 1.19B | 1.18B | 1.17B |
| Total current liabilities | 155.50M | 143.62M | 121.44M | 110.16M | 112.56M | 117.23M |
| Short-term debt | 15.63M | 14.60M | 9.89M | 7.04M | 1.87M | 3.20M |
| Long-term debt | 188.84M | 182.89M | 177.55M | 154.06M | 149.89M | 134.89M |
| Total liabilities | 536,986,000.00 | 512,635,000.00 | 481,988,000.00 | 436,298,000.00 | 431,888,000.00 | 418,514,000.00 |
| Total equity | 807.73M | 786.74M | 775.63M | 755.32M | 749.03M | 756.28M |
| Retained earnings | 1.01B | 996.23M | 986.40M | 965.41M | 959.03M | 968.07M |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 146.54M | 146.37M | 178.85M | 123.42M | 194.71M | 165.27M | 144.35M | 89.31M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 101.33M | 100.93M | 110.38M | 104.23M | 133.05M | 199.04M | 181.52M | 159.20M |
| Free cash flow | -22.73M | -17.41M | -25.49M | -9.22M | 34.15M | -43.33M | 34.81M | -66.85M |
| Dividends paid | -6.59M | -6.56M | -6.50M | -45.87M | -6.32M | -6.32M | -4.72M | -6.24M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -25.09M | 0 | -25.65M | -32.03M | 0 | 0 | -7.28M | -10.40M |
| Ending cash balance | 182.94M | 96.08M | 131.14M | 173.77M | 64.48M | 41.19M | 26.28M | 31.45M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 25.84M | 21.00M | 27.53M | 14.94M | 23.15M | 12.87M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 41.63M | 41.46M | 38.74M | 37.37M | 35.16M | 32.31M |
| Free cash flow | 2.29M | -12.79M | -12.15M | -44.20M | 5.13M | -34.56M |
| Dividends paid | -1.57M | -1.57M | -1.55M | -1.55M | -1.55M | -1.55M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -- | -- | -1.43M | -35.00K | -- | -- |
| Ending cash balance | 37.62M | 36.58M | 45.56M | 31.45M | 58.02M | 75.76M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 12.21 | 11.22 | 10.05 | 10.92 | 16.88 | 1.72 | -3.52 | -6.65 |
| ROA %i | 9.11 | 8.56 | 7.65 | 8.44 | 10.28 | 0.93 | -2.09 | -4.15 |
| ROIC %i | 11.93 | 10.89 | 9.96 | 10.86 | 11.34 | 2.55 | -1.48 | -4.54 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 14.51 | 12.87 | 11.79 | 11.66 | 12.26 | 10.16 | 7.21 | 3.87 |
| EBIT margin %i | 15.05 | 16.46 | 14.61 | 17.46 | 19.59 | 3.65 | -1.82 | -7.03 |
| FCF / sales %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.53 | -- | 3.32 | -- |
| Current ratioi | 3.59 | 2.39 | 2.72 | 3.26 | 1.47 | 1.37 | 1.08 | 1.04 |
| Quick ratioi | 3.26 | 2.11 | 2.38 | 3.00 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 0.89 | 0.85 |
| Debt / assetsi | -- | -- | -- | 0.00 | 25.99 | 21.03 | 15.64 | 13.55 |
| LT debt / equityi | -- | -- | -- | -- | 47.69 | 34.54 | 23.52 | 20.44 |
| Interest coveragei | -- | 93.37 | -- | -- | 22.17 | 1.82 | -1.09 | -4.93 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -6.04 | -0.88 | 2.04 | -0.19 | 17.49 | 23.23 | 19.93 | -5.93 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -0.17 | 8.97 | -1.98 | 2.94 | 22.33 | -40.69 | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | -3.44 | -4.42 | -4.35 | -6.65 | -5.58 | -2.85 |
| ROA %i | -2.04 | -2.64 | -2.66 | -4.15 | -3.44 | -1.78 |
| ROIC %i | -1.57 | -2.50 | -2.58 | -4.54 | -3.74 | -1.55 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | -1.99 | -3.50 | -3.77 | -7.03 | -5.90 | -2.15 |
| FCF / sales %i | 1.09 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Current ratioi | 0.90 | 0.95 | 1.14 | 1.04 | 1.27 | 1.58 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 1.09 | 1.19 |
| Debt / assetsi | 15.30 | 15.27 | 14.95 | 13.55 | 12.97 | 12.46 |
| LT debt / equityi | 23.54 | 23.37 | 22.97 | 20.44 | 20.20 | 18.94 |
| Interest coveragei | -1.29 | -2.37 | -2.63 | -4.93 | -4.24 | -1.66 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Single segment100.00%
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