Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported EBITDA Margin of 2.74% for Q1 2026, up 359.0% year-over-year from 0.6% in Q1 2025, and up 74.77% on a QoQ basis from 10.84% in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 18 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 2.74% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin rose 359.0% year-over-year to 2.74% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.69% (down 283.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.51%, down 367.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin grew to 2.74% in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from 10.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 40.95% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 10.84% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 1.27% (2024), against an average of 1.73%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA Margin surged 2749 bps; it then slumped 3841 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing HTLD's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 4.36% in 2022, then plunged by 58 bps to 1.85% in 2023, then slumped by 141 bps to 0.76% in 2024, then sank by 1320 bps to 10.84% in 2025, then jumped by 75 bps to 2.74% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD EBITDA Margin figures stand at 2.74% (Q1 2026), 10.84% (Q4 2025), and 4.22% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.78%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 8.30%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.29%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.05%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.44%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.96%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.34%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.49%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 5.69%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -2.74%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.74%
Dec 31, 2025 -10.84%
Sep 30, 2025 -4.22%
Jun 30, 2025 -5.16%
Mar 31, 2025 -6.32%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.76%
Sep 30, 2024 -3.57%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.27%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.59%
Dec 31, 2023 1.85%
Sep 30, 2023 -3.63%
Jun 30, 2023 2.54%
Mar 31, 2023 3.81%
Dec 31, 2022 4.36%
Sep 30, 2022 8.91%
Jun 30, 2022 40.95%
Mar 31, 2022 11.09%
Dec 31, 2021 13.72%
Sep 30, 2021 16.03%
Jun 30, 2021 13.46%
Mar 31, 2021 9.01%
Dec 31, 2020 11.34%
Sep 30, 2020 12.76%
Jun 30, 2020 11.92%
Mar 31, 2020 7.96%
Dec 31, 2019 7.65%
Sep 30, 2019 13.86%
Jun 30, 2019 15.73%
Mar 31, 2019 12.41%
Dec 31, 2018 15.26%
Sep 30, 2018 12.60%
Jun 30, 2018 11.42%
Mar 31, 2018 8.54%
Dec 31, 2017 23.30%
Sep 30, 2017 4.35%
Jun 30, 2017 11.28%
Mar 31, 2017 10.80%
Dec 31, 2016 9.36%
Sep 30, 2016 8.39%
Jun 30, 2016 10.18%
Mar 31, 2016 8.83%
Dec 31, 2015 9.74%
Sep 30, 2015 8.28%
Jun 30, 2015 12.16%
Mar 31, 2015 9.39%
Dec 31, 2014 10.61%
Sep 30, 2014 10.47%
Jun 30, 2014 11.67%
Mar 31, 2014 6.27%
Dec 31, 2013 8.77%
Sep 30, 2013 12.49%
Jun 30, 2013 14.73%
Mar 31, 2013 14.70%
Dec 31, 2012 10.49%
Sep 30, 2012 9.21%
Jun 30, 2012 14.33%
Mar 31, 2012 12.30%
Dec 31, 2011 13.05%
Sep 30, 2011 11.62%
Jun 30, 2011 16.42%
Mar 31, 2011 11.65%
Dec 31, 2010 31.13%
Sep 30, 2010 34.74%
Jun 30, 2010 29.36%
Mar 31, 2010 27.29%
Dec 31, 2009 29.85%
Sep 30, 2009 33.41%
Jun 30, 2009 29.81%