Growth Metrics

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

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported FCF Margin of 5.09% for Q1 2026, up 405.0% year-over-year from 1.01% in Q1 2025, and up 107.08% on a QoQ basis from 71.86% in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 5.09% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 405.0% year-over-year to 5.09% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.89% (down 899.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.3%, down 1162.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin improved to 5.09% in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from 71.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 36.9% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 71.86% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 5.09% (2026), against an average of 1.46%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Margin tumbled 5068 bps; it then surged 2903 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing HTLD's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 21.04% in 2022, then slumped by 84 bps to 3.3% in 2023, then plunged by 846 bps to 24.59% in 2024, then plunged by 192 bps to 71.86% in 2025, then soared by 107 bps to 5.09% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD FCF Margin figures stand at 5.09% (Q1 2026), 71.86% (Q4 2025), and 36.9% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.31%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 3.44%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 9.12%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.68%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.95%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -1.68%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.12%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 9.99%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 2.85%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 5.09%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.09%
Dec 31, 2025 -71.86%
Sep 30, 2025 36.90%
Jun 30, 2025 -6.08%
Mar 31, 2025 1.04%
Dec 31, 2024 -24.59%
Sep 30, 2024 14.91%
Jun 30, 2024 10.76%
Mar 31, 2024 9.68%
Dec 31, 2023 3.30%
Sep 30, 2023 -14.12%
Jun 30, 2023 -11.45%
Mar 31, 2023 7.34%
Dec 31, 2022 21.04%
Sep 30, 2022 36.56%
Jun 30, 2022 -4.06%
Mar 31, 2022 10.29%
Dec 31, 2021 14.82%
Sep 30, 2021 23.64%
Jun 30, 2021 19.90%
Mar 31, 2021 16.85%
Dec 31, 2020 3.43%
Sep 30, 2020 -67.08%
Jun 30, 2020 28.91%
Mar 31, 2020 18.94%
Dec 31, 2019 -72.49%
Sep 30, 2019 30.60%
Jun 30, 2019 21.17%
Mar 31, 2019 20.40%
Dec 31, 2018 36.01%
Sep 30, 2018 14.85%
Jun 30, 2018 41.29%
Mar 31, 2018 3.11%
Dec 31, 2017 -28.31%
Sep 30, 2017 -42.47%
Jun 30, 2017 27.15%
Mar 31, 2017 11.15%
Dec 31, 2016 27.17%
Sep 30, 2016 55.00%
Jun 30, 2016 -10.88%
Mar 31, 2016 32.59%
Dec 31, 2015 -33.24%
Sep 30, 2015 -35.48%
Jun 30, 2015 31.56%
Mar 31, 2015 18.94%
Dec 31, 2014 80.93%
Sep 30, 2014 1.00%
Jun 30, 2014 -2.06%
Mar 31, 2014 4.65%
Dec 31, 2013 20.75%
Sep 30, 2013 6.25%
Jun 30, 2013 -12.72%
Mar 31, 2013 -7.28%
Dec 31, 2012 25.76%
Sep 30, 2012 27.22%
Jun 30, 2012 3.76%
Mar 31, 2012 18.08%
Dec 31, 2011 -71.02%
Sep 30, 2011 64.11%
Jun 30, 2011 -14.20%
Mar 31, 2011 0.40%
Dec 31, 2010 11.75%
Sep 30, 2010 16.58%
Jun 30, 2010 15.03%
Mar 31, 2010 24.76%
Dec 31, 2009 31.77%
Sep 30, 2009 20.22%