Heartland Express (HTLD) EBITDA (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express has disclosed EBITDA across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$4.8 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, EBITDA rose 65.25% year-over-year to -$4.8 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$43.4 million (down 52.36% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$52.5 million, down 76.48% from the prior year.
• EBITDA improved to -$4.8 million in Q1 2026, from -$19.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, EBITDA for HTLD reached as high as $76.9 million in Q2 2022 and fell as low as -$19.4 million in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for EBITDA is -$3.5 million (2024), against an average of $3.6 million.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBITDA jumped 270.77% — and 2025, when it plunged 949.22%.
• A 5-year view of EBITDA shows it stood at $15.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 67.11% to $5.1 million in 2023, then sank by 136.37% to -$1.9 million in 2024, then sank by 949.22% to -$19.4 million in 2025, then soared by 75.2% to -$4.8 million in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, EBITDA over the past three periods registered -$4.8 million, -$19.4 million, and -$8.3 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.