Heartland Express (HTLD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.17 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 74.88% year-over-year to 0.17; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.1 (down 114.35% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.09, down 151.67% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.17 in Q1 2026, from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for HTLD reached as high as 0.69 in Q1 2025 and fell as low as 0.21 in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.04 (2024), against an average of 0.07.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio sank 497.86% — and 2025, when it surged 1037.79%.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.04 in 2022, then soared by 722.1% to 0.35 in 2023, then sank by 115.12% to 0.05 in 2024, then jumped by 77.16% to 0.01 in 2025, then soared by 1537.7% to 0.17 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.17, 0.01, and 0.02 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.