Heartland Express Inc (HTLD) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Heartland Express (HTLD) reported EBT Margin of 8.17% for Q2 2026, up 15.39 percentage points from -7.22% a year earlier and up 11.17 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Heartland Express Inc (HTLD) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Heartland Express' EBT Margin came in at -3.44%, up 1.54 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -8.46%, down 4.95 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -23.06 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBT Margin came in at -3.50% in FY2024 (-5.15 pp), 1.64% in FY2023 (-17.06 pp), 18.71% in FY2022 (+1.25 pp) and 17.46% in FY2021 (+2.85 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBT Margin since Q3 2022.
- Year over year, EBT Margin gained in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.33 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was Q2 2022 (a gain of 38.12 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2023 (a drop of 52.48 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -3.01% (Q1 2026), -14.02% (Q4 2025) and -5.05% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.17% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.01% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -14.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -5.05% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -7.22% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -8.15% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.91% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -4.28% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.46% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.15% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.84% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -4.48% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.50% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.77% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 55.98% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.90% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.99% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 21.92% |
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Heartland Express Inc EBT Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=HTLD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "HTLD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=HTLD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();