Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported EPS (Basic) of -$0.06 for Q1 2026, up 66.67% year-over-year from -$0.04 in Q1 2025, and up 76.0% on a QoQ basis from -$0.25 in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 18 years of EPS (Basic) data on file, last reported at -$0.06 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EPS (Basic) rose 66.67% year-over-year to -$0.06 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$0.56 (down 51.35% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$0.67, down 76.32% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) improved to -$0.06 in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from -$0.25 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EPS (Basic) topped out at $0.97 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$0.25 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is -$0.04 (2024), against an average of $0.04.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EPS (Basic) soared 273.08%; it then tumbled 733.33% in 2025.
  • Tracing HTLD's EPS (Basic) over 5 years: stood at $0.19 in 2022, then sank by 63.16% to $0.07 in 2023, then slumped by 142.86% to -$0.03 in 2024, then plunged by 733.33% to -$0.25 in 2025, then soared by 76.0% to -$0.06 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD EPS (Basic) figures stand at -$0.06 (Q1 2026), -$0.25 (Q4 2025), and -$0.11 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Basic) (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 1.14
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 0.87
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 1.86
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.01
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.12
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -0.21
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.05
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn -0.07
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.04
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.06
Dec 31, 2025 -0.25
Sep 30, 2025 -0.11
Jun 30, 2025 -0.14
Mar 31, 2025 -0.18
Dec 31, 2024 -0.03
Sep 30, 2024 -0.12
Jun 30, 2024 -0.04
Mar 31, 2024 -0.19
Dec 31, 2023 0.07
Sep 30, 2023 -0.14
Jun 30, 2023 0.10
Mar 31, 2023 0.16
Dec 31, 2022 0.19
Sep 30, 2022 0.31
Jun 30, 2022 0.97
Mar 31, 2022 0.21
Dec 31, 2021 0.26
Sep 30, 2021 0.31
Jun 30, 2021 0.26
Mar 31, 2021 0.17
Dec 31, 2020 0.22
Sep 30, 2020 0.25
Jun 30, 2020 0.24
Mar 31, 2020 0.16
Dec 31, 2019 0.16
Sep 30, 2019 0.25
Jun 30, 2019 0.27
Mar 31, 2019 0.21
Dec 31, 2018 0.27
Sep 30, 2018 0.23
Jun 30, 2018 0.22
Mar 31, 2018 0.16
Dec 31, 2017 0.45
Sep 30, 2017 0.10
Jun 30, 2017 0.18
Mar 31, 2017 0.17
Dec 31, 2016 0.16
Sep 30, 2016 0.15
Jun 30, 2016 0.20
Mar 31, 2016 0.17
Dec 31, 2015 0.20
Sep 30, 2015 0.17
Jun 30, 2015 0.27
Mar 31, 2015 0.20
Dec 31, 2014 0.25
Sep 30, 2014 0.26
Jun 30, 2014 0.30
Mar 31, 2014 0.16
Dec 31, 2013 0.18
Sep 30, 2013 0.19
Jun 30, 2013 0.23
Mar 31, 2013 0.23
Dec 31, 2012 0.17
Sep 30, 2012 0.15
Jun 30, 2012 0.21
Mar 31, 2012 0.19
Dec 31, 2011 0.20
Sep 30, 2011 0.17
Jun 30, 2011 0.25
Mar 31, 2011 0.16
Dec 31, 2010 0.17
Sep 30, 2010 0.20
Jun 30, 2010 0.18
Mar 31, 2010 0.13
Dec 31, 2009 0.11
Sep 30, 2009 0.16
Jun 30, 2009 0.19