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

Heartland Express has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 1.87% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 492.0% year-over-year to 1.87%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.01% (down 393.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 7.13%, down 519.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin improved to 1.87% in Q1 2026, from 12.74% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Operating Margin for HTLD reached as high as 55.93% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 12.74% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 0.1% (2024), against an average of 3.87%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin jumped 3819 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 5063 bps.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.37% in 2022, then plunged by 47 bps to 3.89% in 2023, then slumped by 89 bps to 0.42% in 2024, then sank by 3127 bps to 12.74% in 2025, then surged by 85 bps to 1.87% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 1.87%, 12.74%, and 3.69% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.