Heartland Express (HTLD) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Heartland Express has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 4.27% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 251.0% year-over-year to 4.27%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.27% (down 251.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.98%, down 343.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed grew to 4.27% in Q1 2026, from 5.15% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for HTLD reached as high as 20.72% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 5.15% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.38% (2024), against an average of 3.97%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 967 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 1385 bps.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.32% in 2022, then slumped by 76 bps to 2.99% in 2023, then sank by 155 bps to 1.65% in 2024, then plunged by 213 bps to 5.15% in 2025, then rose by 17 bps to 4.27% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 4.27%, 5.15%, and 2.9% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.