Heartland Express HTLD
NASDAQ HTLD
$11.65 +0.21 (+1.84%)
At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Heartland Express (HTLD) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2023)

Updated

Heartland Express' (HTLD) Payout Ratio stood at 0.64 in Q4 2023, compared with 0.05 a year earlier and up 104.5% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Heartland Express (HTLD) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

For FY2023, Heartland Express' Payout Ratio came in at 0.43, up 804.7% from FY2022.

  • Across earlier years, Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 in FY2022 (-91.8%), 0.58 in FY2021 (+530.1%), 0.09 in FY2020 (+2.1%) and 0.09 in FY2019 (-0.8%).
  • The Q4 2023 figure is the highest quarterly Payout Ratio since Q3 2014.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Payout Ratio rose in three of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 216.7%.
  • Peak year-over-year performance for Payout Ratio in the last five years was growth of 530.1% in Q4 2021, against a decline of 91.8% in Q4 2022 at the low end.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 162.85 Bn 157.37 Bn -
2 Csx 86.62 Bn 82.84 Bn -
3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 76.11 Bn 75.83 Bn -
4 United Parcel Service 70.66 Bn 47.58 Bn -
5 Norfolk Southern 70.32 Bn 64.96 Bn -
6 Fedex 68.53 Bn 34.48 Bn -
7 Delta Air Lines 55.25 Bn 37.43 Bn -
8 Old Dominion Freight Line 36.69 Bn 35.95 Bn -
9 Ryanair Holdings 28.78 Bn 12.78 Bn 3.13 Bn
10 Heartland Express 884.63 Mn 726.59 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2023 0.64
Sep 30, 2023 0.31
Dec 31, 2022 0.05
Sep 30, 2022 0.33
Jun 30, 2022 0.32
Mar 31, 2022 0.54
Dec 31, 2021 0.58
Sep 30, 2021 0.06
Jun 30, 2021 0.09
Mar 31, 2021 0.09
Dec 31, 2020 0.09
Sep 30, 2020 0.10
Jun 30, 2020 0.12
Mar 31, 2020 0.10
Dec 31, 2019 0.09
Sep 30, 2019 0.08
Jun 30, 2019 0.06
Mar 31, 2019 0.09
Dec 31, 2018 0.09
Sep 30, 2018 0.07
API Access

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