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

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