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

Heartland Express has disclosed EBITDA Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 2.74% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 359.0% year-over-year to 2.74%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 5.69% (down 283.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 6.51%, down 367.0% from the prior year.
• EBITDA Margin advanced to 2.74% in Q1 2026, from 10.84% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, EBITDA Margin for HTLD reached as high as 40.95% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 10.84% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 1.27% (2024), against an average of 1.73%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBITDA Margin jumped 2749 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 3841 bps.
• A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it 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 soared by 75 bps to 2.74% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods registered 2.74%, 10.84%, and 4.22% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.