Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) Equity Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported Equity Ratio of 0.63 for Q1 2026, up 5.6% year-over-year from 0.6 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.63 in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 18 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.63 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Equity Ratio rose 5.6% year-over-year to 0.63 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.63 (up 5.6% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.63, up 2.81% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio was little changed at 0.63 in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from 0.63 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Equity Ratio topped out at 0.78 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.49 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.6 (2025), against an average of 0.6.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Equity Ratio plunged 34.56%; it then increased 11.85% in 2023.
  • Tracing HTLD's Equity Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.51 in 2022, then advanced by 11.85% to 0.57 in 2023, then grew by 7.57% to 0.62 in 2024, then climbed by 2.81% to 0.63 in 2025, then climbed by 0.07% to 0.63 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD Equity Ratio figures stand at 0.63 (Q1 2026), 0.63 (Q4 2025), and 0.62 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.78
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 0.23
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.74
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.59
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.61
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 0.46
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.52
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.42
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.81
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.63

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.63
Dec 31, 2025 0.63
Sep 30, 2025 0.62
Jun 30, 2025 0.61
Mar 31, 2025 0.60
Dec 31, 2024 0.62
Sep 30, 2024 0.61
Jun 30, 2024 0.59
Mar 31, 2024 0.58
Dec 31, 2023 0.57
Sep 30, 2023 0.55
Jun 30, 2023 0.55
Mar 31, 2023 0.54
Dec 31, 2022 0.51
Sep 30, 2022 0.49
Jun 30, 2022 0.73
Mar 31, 2022 0.78
Dec 31, 2021 0.78
Sep 30, 2021 0.74
Jun 30, 2021 0.78
Mar 31, 2021 0.76
Dec 31, 2020 0.76
Sep 30, 2020 0.75
Jun 30, 2020 0.76
Mar 31, 2020 0.75
Dec 31, 2019 0.76
Sep 30, 2019 0.71
Jun 30, 2019 0.76
Mar 31, 2019 0.76
Dec 31, 2018 0.76
Sep 30, 2018 0.73
Jun 30, 2018 0.74
Mar 31, 2018 0.71
Dec 31, 2017 0.73
Sep 30, 2017 0.67
Jun 30, 2017 0.71
Mar 31, 2017 0.69
Dec 31, 2016 0.69
Sep 30, 2016 0.67
Jun 30, 2016 0.65
Mar 31, 2016 0.64
Dec 31, 2015 0.64
Sep 30, 2015 0.64
Jun 30, 2015 0.66
Mar 31, 2015 0.63
Dec 31, 2014 0.63
Sep 30, 2014 0.61
Jun 30, 2014 0.58
Mar 31, 2014 0.57
Dec 31, 2013 0.55
Sep 30, 2013 0.64
Jun 30, 2013 0.64
Mar 31, 2013 0.60
Dec 31, 2012 0.62
Sep 30, 2012 0.68
Jun 30, 2012 0.67
Mar 31, 2012 0.65
Dec 31, 2011 0.65
Sep 30, 2011 0.65
Jun 30, 2011 0.66
Mar 31, 2011 0.65
Dec 31, 2010 0.66
Sep 30, 2010 0.54
Jun 30, 2010 0.69
Dec 31, 2009 0.67