Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Heartland Express (HTLD) has disclosed EBT Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 14.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 1311.0% to 14.02% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 8.46%, a 495.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.46%, down 495.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin was 14.02% for Q4 2025 at Heartland Express, down from 5.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 55.99% in Q2 2022 to a low of 14.02% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 5.82% and a median of 2.67% in 2023 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: skyrocketed 3812bps in 2022, then plummeted -5249bps in 2023.
  • Heartland Express' EBT Margin stood at 17.99% in 2021, then plummeted by -68bps to 5.77% in 2022, then plummeted by -68bps to 1.84% in 2023, then crashed by -149bps to 0.91% in 2024, then plummeted by -1438bps to 14.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HTLD's EBT Margin are 14.02% (Q4 2025), 5.05% (Q3 2025), and 7.22% (Q2 2025).