Heartland Express (HTLD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Heartland Express (HTLD) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 9.0% for Q1 2026, down 1338.0% YoY from 0.73% in Q1 2025, and down 60.31% sequentially from 22.68% in Q4 2025.

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

Heartland Express has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 9.0% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 1338.0% year-over-year to 9.0%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 21.87% (up 273.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 23.01%, up 405.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate declined to 9.0% in Q1 2026, from 22.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for HTLD reached as high as 28.51% in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 0.39% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 22.38% (2025), against an average of 20.18%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Rate slumped 2475 bps — and 2024, when it soared 1655 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 24.36% in 2022, then sank by 102 bps to 0.39% in 2023, then jumped by 4199 bps to 16.15% in 2024, then soared by 40 bps to 22.68% in 2025, then plunged by 60 bps to 9.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 9.0%, 22.68%, and 16.53% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 TFI International 160.26 Bn 160.08 Bn 963.70 Mn 17.40%
2 Old Dominion Freight Line 45.40 Bn 45.11 Bn 1.33 Bn 25.00%
3 Xpo 24.25 Bn 24.01 Bn 1.67 Bn 18.55%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.57 Bn 12.51 Bn 1.57 Bn 7.04%
5 Saia 11.19 Bn 11.15 Bn - 23.32%
6 Schneider National 6.37 Bn 6.11 Bn 1.27 Bn 25.00%
7 Rxo 4.69 Bn 4.67 Bn 254.00 Mn 26.53%
8 Arcbest 3.12 Bn 3.04 Bn 951.93 Mn 22.26%
9 Werner Enterprises 2.63 Bn 2.59 Bn 726.17 Mn 24.92%
10 Heartland Express 1.17 Bn 1.13 Bn 167.03 Mn 9.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.00%
Mar 31, 2026 9.00%
Dec 31, 2025 22.68%
Dec 31, 2025 22.68%
Sep 30, 2025 16.53%
Sep 30, 2025 16.53%
Jun 30, 2025 28.51%
Jun 30, 2025 28.51%
Mar 31, 2025 22.38%
Mar 31, 2025 22.38%
Dec 31, 2024 16.15%
Dec 31, 2024 16.15%
Sep 30, 2024 16.55%
Sep 30, 2024 16.55%
Jun 30, 2024 13.53%
Jun 30, 2024 13.53%
Mar 31, 2024 21.80%
Mar 31, 2024 21.80%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.39%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.39%