Heartland Express HTLD
NASDAQ HTLD
$12.84 +0.48 (+3.88%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Heartland Express (HTLD) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) posted quarterly Profit After Tax of -$4.8 million for Q1 2026, up 65.25% year-over-year from -$2.9 million in Q1 2025, and up 75.2% quarter-over-quarter from -$19.4 million in Q4 2025.

Heartland Express (HTLD) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Heartland Express (HTLD) has reported Profit After Tax for 18 consecutive years, with -$4.8 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Profit After Tax rose 65.25% year-over-year to -$4.8 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$43.4 million (down 52.36% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$52.5 million, down 76.48% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax rose to -$4.8 million in Q1 2026 per HTLD's latest filing, from -$19.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $76.9 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$19.4 million in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Profit After Tax has averaged $3.6 million across 5 years, with a median of -$3.5 million in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Profit After Tax jumped 270.77% — and 2025, when it slumped 949.22%.
  • Heartland Express' Profit After Tax stood at $15.5 million in 2022, then slumped by 67.11% to $5.1 million in 2023, then plunged by 136.37% to -$1.9 million in 2024, then plunged by 949.22% to -$19.4 million in 2025, then jumped by 75.2% to -$4.8 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HTLD's Profit After Tax at -$4.8 million in Q1 2026, -$19.4 million in Q4 2025, and -$8.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 42.90 Bn 42.61 Bn 1.52 Bn 350.60 Mn
2 Xpo 23.22 Bn 22.92 Bn 1.89 Bn 162.00 Mn
3 TFI International 11.64 Bn 11.44 Bn - 136.15 Mn
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 11.60 Bn 11.42 Bn 1.77 Bn 43.42 Mn
5 Saia 9.69 Bn 9.61 Bn - 94.26 Mn
6 Schneider National 6.27 Bn 5.74 Bn 1.00 Bn 49.80 Mn
7 Rxo 3.79 Bn 3.78 Bn 302.00 Mn -9.00 Mn
8 Arcbest 3.14 Bn 2.97 Bn 1.14 Bn -13.82 Mn
9 Werner Enterprises 2.33 Bn 2.27 Bn - 6.35 Mn
10 Heartland Express 994.64 Mn 932.26 Mn 174.59 Mn 10.58 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 10.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -4.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -19.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -8.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -10.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -13.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -9.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -3.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -15.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -10.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 7.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 12.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 15.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 24.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 76.91 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 16.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 20.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 24.47 Mn