Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) EBIT (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported EBIT of -$3.3 million for Q1 2026, up 77.88% year-over-year from -$1.9 million in Q1 2025, and up 85.58% on a QoQ basis from -$22.8 million in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 18 years of EBIT data on file, last reported at -$3.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT rose 77.88% year-over-year to -$3.3 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$45.8 million (down 120.74% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$57.4 million, down 183.71% from the prior year.
  • EBIT improved to -$3.3 million in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from -$22.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT topped out at $105.1 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$22.8 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT is $264000.0 (2024), against an average of $8.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBIT surged 284.1%; it then plunged 4804.17% in 2025.
  • Tracing HTLD's EBIT over 5 years: stood at $26.2 million in 2022, then slumped by 59.09% to $10.7 million in 2023, then tumbled by 90.46% to $1.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 2337.32% to -$22.8 million in 2025, then soared by 85.58% to -$3.3 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD EBIT figures stand at -$3.3 million (Q1 2026), -$22.8 million (Q4 2025), and -$7.3 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 317.34 Mn
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 174.00 Mn
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 66.81 Mn
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 28.58 Mn
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 33.40 Mn
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -28.00 Mn
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 3.43 Mn
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 4.00 Mn
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -13.21 Mn
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -3.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -22.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -7.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -12.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -14.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -7.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 264,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 -14.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 10.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -7.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 16.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 22.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 26.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 34.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 105.06 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 22.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 26.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 33.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 27.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 18.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 23.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 27.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 24.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 17.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 17.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 26.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 29.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 20.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 29.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 25.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 22.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 12.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 9.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 13.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 21.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 19.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 20.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 19.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 24.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 20.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 27.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 24.86 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 35.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 28.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 34.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 36.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 40.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 20.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 26.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 26.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 29.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 30.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 24.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 19.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 26.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 23.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 26.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 25.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 32.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 21.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 24.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 29.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 22.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 15.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 15.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 22.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 21.71 Mn