Growth Metrics

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

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported Gross Margin of 94.77% for Q1 2026, up 62.0% year-over-year from 58.5% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 94.33% in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 94.77% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 62.0% year-over-year to 94.77% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 91.6% (up 1540.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 94.33%, up 1125.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was little changed at 94.77% in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from 94.33% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 96.17% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 44.92% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 94.17% (2023), against an average of 86.58%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin slumped 8142 bps; it then soared 4942 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing HTLD's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 54.22% in 2022, then soared by 74 bps to 94.57% in 2023, then tumbled by 53 bps to 44.92% in 2024, then surged by 110 bps to 94.33% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 94.77% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD Gross Margin figures stand at 94.77% (Q1 2026), 94.33% (Q4 2025), and 94.42% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 99.64%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 79.82%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - -
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 84.94%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 91.13%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 17.82%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 95.31%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 89.80%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 96.70%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 94.77%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 94.77%
Dec 31, 2025 94.33%
Sep 30, 2025 94.42%
Jun 30, 2025 83.98%
Mar 31, 2025 94.15%
Dec 31, 2024 44.92%
Sep 30, 2024 83.15%
Jun 30, 2024 82.89%
Mar 31, 2024 82.49%
Dec 31, 2023 94.57%
Sep 30, 2023 94.17%
Jun 30, 2023 94.66%
Mar 31, 2023 94.59%
Dec 31, 2022 54.22%
Sep 30, 2022 94.85%
Jun 30, 2022 93.48%
Mar 31, 2022 96.17%
Dec 31, 2021 135.64%
Sep 30, 2021 83.45%
Jun 30, 2021 96.62%
Mar 31, 2021 84.15%
Dec 31, 2020 95.64%
Sep 30, 2020 86.93%
Jun 30, 2020 96.24%
Mar 31, 2020 84.40%
Dec 31, 2019 96.15%
Sep 30, 2019 95.95%
Jun 30, 2019 83.58%
Mar 31, 2019 83.39%
Dec 31, 2018 82.86%
Sep 30, 2018 96.51%
Jun 30, 2018 96.30%
Mar 31, 2018 81.53%
Dec 31, 2017 48.28%
Sep 30, 2017 83.67%
Jun 30, 2017 95.74%
Mar 31, 2017 96.07%
Dec 31, 2016 139.41%
Sep 30, 2016 84.61%
Jun 30, 2016 84.83%
Mar 31, 2016 86.98%
Dec 31, 2015 96.08%
Sep 30, 2015 83.89%
Jun 30, 2015 96.48%
Mar 31, 2015 95.86%
Dec 31, 2014 78.69%
Sep 30, 2014 75.39%
Jun 30, 2014 73.84%
Mar 31, 2014 96.13%
Dec 31, 2013 96.01%
Sep 30, 2013 69.95%
Jun 30, 2013 97.25%
Mar 31, 2013 97.16%
Dec 31, 2012 181.96%
Sep 30, 2012 68.56%
Jun 30, 2012 70.57%
Mar 31, 2012 97.05%
Dec 31, 2011 -15.69%
Sep 30, 2011 97.55%
Jun 30, 2011 69.16%
Mar 31, 2011 97.27%
Dec 31, 2010 160.35%
Sep 30, 2010 96.64%
Jun 30, 2010 75.66%
Mar 31, 2010 74.45%
Dec 31, 2009 96.81%
Sep 30, 2009 76.67%
Jun 30, 2009 97.27%