Heartland Express Inc (HTLD) financials
Heartland Express revenue and earnings by year
Heartland Express's revenue was $806 million in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025, down 23.1% from the year before. Net income was -$52.5 million, -6.5% of revenue. Since the fiscal year to December 31, 2016, revenue has grown 3.1% a year on average.
Fiscal years, each labelled by the calendar year it ended in.
Income statement, the last 10 fiscal years
| Fiscal year to | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 0.81 | 1.05 | 1.21 | 0.97 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.61 |
| Revenue growth | -23.1% | -13.2% | 24.7% | 59.4% | -5.9% | 8.1% | -2.3% | 0.6% | -0.9% | — |
| Gross profit | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.82 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.47 |
| Gross margin | 69.0% | 68.7% | 67.8% | 70.2% | 79.4% | 81.7% | 77.5% | 74.4% | 73.0% | 77.0% |
| Operating income | -0.08 | -0.03 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
| Operating margin | -10.0% | -2.6% | 0.1% | 9.4% | 11.2% | 12.2% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 6.1% | 12.5% |
| Net income | -0.05 | -0.03 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Net margin | -6.5% | -2.8% | 1.2% | 13.8% | 13.1% | 11.0% | 12.2% | 11.9% | 12.4% | 9.2% |
| Diluted EPS | -$0.67 | -$0.38 | $0.19 | $1.69 | $1.00 | $0.87 | $0.89 | $0.88 | $0.89 | $0.68 |
| Free cash flow | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
Diluted EPS is stated in today's shares (adjusted for every split since). Quarterly statements and the income statement as a flow chart are in the app: open HTLD in Markets.
See also: HTLD valuation and P/E history · HTLD returns
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