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Heartland Express (HTLD) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Heartland Express (HTLD) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$128.8 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 312.24% to -$128.8 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$66.9 million, a 147.4% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$66.9 million, down 147.4% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$128.8 million for Q4 2025 at Heartland Express, down from $35.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $162.0 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$131.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $16.4 million and a median of $25.1 million in 2021 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: soared 1362.01% in 2021, then crashed 312.24% in 2025.
  • Heartland Express' Free Cash Flow stood at $111.9 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 44.79% to $162.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 94.4% to $9.1 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 568.54% to $60.7 million in 2024, then plummeted by 312.24% to -$128.8 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HTLD's Free Cash Flow are -$128.8 million (Q4 2025), $35.3 million (Q3 2025), and $24.4 million (Q2 2025).