Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) Asset Utilization Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported Asset Utilization Ratio of 0.64 for Q1 2026, down 13.62% year-over-year from 0.74 in Q1 2025, and down 2.3% on a QoQ basis from 0.66 in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 17 years of Asset Utilization Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.64 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Asset Utilization Ratio fell 13.62% year-over-year to 0.64 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.64 (down 13.62% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.64, down 13.4% from the prior year.
  • Asset Utilization Ratio declined to 0.64 in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from 0.66 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Asset Utilization Ratio topped out at 0.81 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.54 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Asset Utilization Ratio is 0.71 (2025), against an average of 0.71.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Asset Utilization Ratio fell 15.76%; it then soared 50.01% in 2023.
  • Tracing HTLD's Asset Utilization Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.57 in 2022, then surged by 36.3% to 0.78 in 2023, then slipped by 0.71% to 0.78 in 2024, then declined by 15.36% to 0.66 in 2025, then fell by 2.3% to 0.64 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD Asset Utilization Ratio figures stand at 0.64 (Q1 2026), 0.66 (Q4 2025), and 0.68 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Asset Util. (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.98
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.01
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.92
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.63
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.16
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 1.75
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 1.65
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 1.00
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.92
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.64

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.64
Dec 31, 2025 0.66
Sep 30, 2025 0.68
Jun 30, 2025 0.71
Mar 31, 2025 0.74
Dec 31, 2024 0.78
Sep 30, 2024 0.78
Jun 30, 2024 0.78
Mar 31, 2024 0.77
Dec 31, 2023 0.78
Sep 30, 2023 0.81
Jun 30, 2023 0.79
Mar 31, 2023 0.70
Dec 31, 2022 0.57
Sep 30, 2022 0.54
Jun 30, 2022 0.62
Mar 31, 2022 0.65
Dec 31, 2021 0.64
Sep 30, 2021 0.64
Jun 30, 2021 0.66
Mar 31, 2021 0.66
Dec 31, 2020 0.68
Sep 30, 2020 0.69
Jun 30, 2020 0.70
Mar 31, 2020 0.69
Dec 31, 2019 0.65
Sep 30, 2019 0.64
Jun 30, 2019 0.69
Mar 31, 2019 0.72
Dec 31, 2018 0.75
Sep 30, 2018 0.79
Jun 30, 2018 0.82
Mar 31, 2018 0.79
Dec 31, 2017 0.77
Sep 30, 2017 0.75
Jun 30, 2017 0.73
Mar 31, 2017 0.78
Dec 31, 2016 0.83
Sep 30, 2016 0.87
Jun 30, 2016 0.93
Mar 31, 2016 0.97
Dec 31, 2015 0.98
Sep 30, 2015 0.99
Jun 30, 2015 1.02
Mar 31, 2015 1.08
Dec 31, 2014 1.15
Sep 30, 2014 1.13
Jun 30, 2014 1.04
Mar 31, 2014 0.93
Dec 31, 2013 0.92
Sep 30, 2013 1.02
Jun 30, 2013 1.05
Mar 31, 2013 1.11
Dec 31, 2012 1.08
Sep 30, 2012 0.98
Jun 30, 2012 0.98
Mar 31, 2012 1.00
Dec 31, 2011 0.99
Sep 30, 2011 0.96
Jun 30, 2011 0.96
Mar 31, 2011 0.98
Dec 31, 2010 0.91
Sep 30, 2010 0.83