Growth Metrics

Heartland Express (HTLD) Interest Coverage Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 1.49 for Q1 2026, up 68.93% year-over-year from 0.88 in Q1 2025, and up 83.58% on a QoQ basis from 9.08 in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) has 10 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.49 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio rose 68.93% year-over-year to 1.49 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.32 (down 220.51% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.0, down 334.14% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio grew to 1.49 in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from 9.08 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 603.76 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 9.08 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 0.58 (2023), against an average of 37.74.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Interest Coverage Ratio tumbled 7364.3%; it then surged 68.93% in 2026.
  • Tracing HTLD's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 4.34 in 2022, then slumped by 58.38% to 1.8 in 2023, then sank by 83.66% to 0.29 in 2024, then sank by 3179.42% to 9.08 in 2025, then soared by 83.58% to 1.49 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HTLD Interest Coverage Ratio figures stand at 1.49 (Q1 2026), 9.08 (Q4 2025), and 2.49 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 1,061.34
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 3.28
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 25.95
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.93
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 4.77
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.80
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.34
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -1.49

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.49
Dec 31, 2025 -9.08
Sep 30, 2025 -2.49
Jun 30, 2025 -4.19
Mar 31, 2025 -4.80
Dec 31, 2024 0.29
Sep 30, 2024 -1.68
Jun 30, 2024 0.06
Mar 31, 2024 -2.71
Dec 31, 2023 1.80
Sep 30, 2023 -1.23
Jun 30, 2023 2.66
Mar 31, 2023 3.77
Dec 31, 2022 4.34
Sep 30, 2022 14.82
Jun 30, 2022 603.76
Dec 31, 2019 29.44
Sep 30, 2019 59.16
Sep 30, 2017 74.28
Mar 31, 2015 1,487.42
Dec 31, 2014 552.37
Sep 30, 2014 374.12
Jun 30, 2014 307.89
Mar 31, 2014 133.47
Dec 31, 2013 128.46