Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) Debt to Equity (2013 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported Debt to Equity of $0.2 for Q1 2026, down 19.01% year-over-year from $0.25 in Q1 2025, and down 5.4% on a QoQ basis from $0.21 in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 8 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.2 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity fell 19.01% year-over-year to $0.2 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.2 (down 19.01% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $0.21, down 13.32% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity retreated to $0.2 in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from $0.21 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.55 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at $0.01 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.27 (2024), against an average of $0.3.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Debt to Equity soared 2890.62%; it then plunged 37.3% in 2024.
  • Tracing HTLD's Debt to Equity over 5 years: stood at $0.48 in 2022, then declined by 28.18% to $0.35 in 2023, then dropped by 29.61% to $0.24 in 2024, then decreased by 13.32% to $0.21 in 2025, then slipped by 5.4% to $0.2 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD Debt to Equity figures stand at $0.2 (Q1 2026), $0.21 (Q4 2025), and $0.24 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.01
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.77
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.04
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.16
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.13
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 0.30
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.17
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.65
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.20

Historic Data

Download Data 🔒
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.20
Dec 31, 2025 0.21
Sep 30, 2025 0.24
Jun 30, 2025 0.25
Mar 31, 2025 0.25
Dec 31, 2024 0.24
Sep 30, 2024 0.25
Jun 30, 2024 0.28
Mar 31, 2024 0.31
Dec 31, 2023 0.35
Sep 30, 2023 0.40
Jun 30, 2023 0.40
Mar 31, 2023 0.42
Dec 31, 2022 0.48
Sep 30, 2022 0.55
Jun 30, 2022 0.01
Sep 30, 2019 0.02
Dec 31, 2014 0.05
Sep 30, 2014 0.05
Jun 30, 2014 0.10
Mar 31, 2014 0.15
Dec 31, 2013 0.19