Heartland Express, Inc.

HTLD Industrials Trucking

Heartland Express, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $805.7 million, down 23.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 12.5%, EPS grew 200.0%, free cash flow grew 144.9% and total debt fell 30.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

10.95 0.18 −1.62%
Market cap
$860.7M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−210×
Dividend yield
0.73%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.62
Beneish M
−3.24
Dividend safety
57/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
Piotroski F-Score
7 5 7 6 7 7 6 5 4 5
P/E ratio
30.16 25.98 20.80 23.65 20.80 16.82 9.22 77.39 0.00 0.00
P/S ratio
2.79 3.24 2.47 2.89 2.28 2.20 1.27 0.91 0.84 0.87
Altman Z-Score
7.00 7.85 7.45 7.25 6.36 6.62 2.78 2.96 2.85 2.62
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
7.04 7.02 8.59 7.70 7.91 8.94 4.20 4.09 4.14 4.16
P/FCF ratio
13.46 26.97 13.96 22.85 21.77 11.06 5.95 11.71 9.03 11.15
P/Operating CF
48.01 60.92 39.78 46.65 32.12 48.28 14.98 26.97 23.38 47.06
Beneish M-Score
(3.42) (2.14) (3.20) (2.57) (3.13) (2.67) (2.45) (2.91) (3.19) (3.24)
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 57
P/B ratio
3.38 3.43 2.45 2.52 2.03 1.84 1.44 1.27 1.07 0.93
Price to Tangible BV
4.34 4.63 3.21 3.53 2.77 2.49 2.85 2.48 2.17 1.94
EV/Sales
2.62 3.16 2.24 2.85 2.19 2.03 1.65 1.14 1.02 1.05
EV/EBITDA
8.36 11.46 7.17 8.72 6.93 5.89 4.95 5.66 6.60 8.28
EV/Operating CF
10.30 17.51 9.35 11.63 7.90 10.00 8.19 8.30 7.42 9.46
EV/FCF
12.64 26.28 12.69 22.54 20.88 10.20 7.71 14.60 10.95 13.39
Quick Ratio
2.75 1.94 3.26 2.11 2.38 3.00 1.23 1.14 0.89 0.85
Current Ratio
3.08 2.27 3.59 2.39 2.72 3.26 1.47 1.37 1.08 1.04
Net Debt/EBITDA
(0.67) (0.45) (0.84) (0.39) (0.56) (0.75) 1.09 1.08 1.10 1.33
Debt/Assets
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 23.90% 19.26% 14.37% 12.93%
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.34 0.23 0.20
Asset Turnover
0.83 0.80 0.77 0.70 0.70 0.65 0.75 0.76 0.74 0.64
Operating CF/Net income
2.76 1.46 2.02 2.01 2.53 1.56 1.46 11.19 (4.86) (1.70)
Capex/Depreciation
(0.27) (0.35) (0.38) (0.70) (1.01) (0.02) 0.09 (0.36) (0.25) (0.16)
Interest Coverage
177.90 363.11 — 89.62 — — 22.02 1.75 (1.15) (5.00)
ROE
11.56% 13.91% 12.21% 11.22% 10.05% 10.92% 16.88% 1.72% (3.52%) (6.65%)
ROA
7.65% 9.84% 9.11% 8.56% 7.65% 8.43% 10.28% 0.93% (2.09%) (4.15%)
ROIC
14.17% 7.95% 12.35% 9.69% 9.56% 11.57% 9.77% 2.35% (1.26%) (4.03%)
Return on Tangible Assets
10.36% 13.96% 12.73% 11.87% 10.71% 12.21% 12.77% 1.59% (3.84%) (7.81%)
Average Days of Receivables
30.72 42.48 29.36 34.91 31.44 34.20 53.90 34.13 32.63 34.12
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
6.53% 5.84% 5.50% 5.27% 5.76% 5.67% 5.25% 5.56% 6.80% 9.33%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.15 0.19 0.18 0.22 0.20 0.21 0.25 0.28 0.31 0.33
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.00% 0.08% 0.09% 0.35% 0.32% 0.19% 0.14% 0.13% 0.10% 0.27%
Graham Net Nets
(0.02) (0.02) 0.03 (0.04) (0.02) 0.02 (0.47) (0.43) (0.43) (0.46)
Graham Number
9.64 11.88 12.17 12.93 13.20 14.34 20.30 6.66 0.00 0.00
Earnings Yield
3.32% 3.85% 4.81% 4.23% 4.81% 5.95% 10.84% 1.29% (3.30%) (7.53%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
7.43% 3.71% 7.17% 4.38% 4.59% 9.04% 16.81% 8.54% 11.07% 8.97%
Revenue per Share
7.36 7.29 7.41 7.28 7.93 7.63 12.26 15.28 13.30 10.35
Operating CF per Share
1.87 1.32 1.78 1.79 2.20 1.55 2.47 2.09 1.83 1.15
Capex per Share
(0.35) (0.44) (0.47) (0.86) (1.37) (0.03) 0.15 (0.90) (0.59) (0.34)
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.52 0.88 1.31 0.92 0.83 1.52 2.62 1.19 1.24 0.81
Cash per Share
1.54 0.90 1.96 0.94 1.40 1.98 0.63 0.36 0.16 0.24
Shareholders Equity per Share
6.07 6.90 7.48 8.35 8.90 9.14 10.84 10.95 10.45 9.70
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
6.07 6.90 7.48 8.35 8.90 9.14 10.84 10.95 10.45 9.70
Free Cash Flow
126.97 73.00 108.02 75.53 67.67 120.96 206.90 93.99 97.81 63.06
Working Capital
136.58 95.51 167.81 88.41 121.97 161.63 73.03 45.80 9.89 4.44
Capital Expenditures
(28.81) (36.54) (38.52) (70.84) (111.18) (2.46) 12.18 (71.28) (46.54) (26.25)
Net Current Asset Value
(30.29) (43.65) 42.26 (62.46) (33.83) 31.78 (584.23) (475.11) (382.14) (321.70)
EV/EBIT
18.75 30.19 15.27 18.06 15.12 11.71 8.46 32.38 0.00 0.00
Capex to Sales
0.05 0.06 0.06 0.12 0.17 0.00 (0.01) 0.06 0.04 0.03
Price to Operating Income
19.97 30.99 16.79 18.30 15.77 12.70 6.53 25.97 0.00 0.00
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Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.26 0.23 0.25 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.14 0.23 0.24 0.24
Cash ROIC
20.02% 11.23% 13.89% 9.92% 8.07% 13.67% 15.87% 7.94% 9.52% 6.80%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
10.20 9.93 10.20 11.24 11.46 10.80 9.69 9.44 10.14 9.54
Accounts Payable Turnover
37.55 30.00 30.84 34.65 32.58 22.53 15.24 17.18 20.67 16.82
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
12.09 13.08 10.02 10.78 12.00 19.99 36.09 15.98 17.08 21.11
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
60.12 61.13 59.91 53.10 56.33 56.24 99.93 127.93 103.28 84.49
Average Payables
9.94 13.36 12.46 10.81 11.91 16.64 41.63 50.24 36.57 34.42
Average Assets
737.13 763.68 797.67 852.57 925.05 939.86 1,299.02 1,589.57 1,421.92 1,262.90
Average Common Equity
487.88 540.24 595.31 650.32 704.50 725.72 791.29 860.37 843.93 788.96

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