Heartland Express (HTLD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Heartland Express' Tax Rate was 29.64% in Q2 2026, up 1.13 percentage points from 28.51% a year earlier and up 20.64 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Heartland Express (HTLD) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Heartland Express' Tax Rate was 13.28% through Jun 30, 2026, down 9.41 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 23.01%, up 4.05 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -1.87 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 18.96% in FY2024 (-6.62 pp), 25.58% in FY2023 (-0.66 pp), 26.23% in FY2022 (+0.99 pp) and 25.24% in FY2021 (+0.36 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q3 2017.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.98 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q4 2024 (a gain of 16.55 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2023 (a drop of 24.75 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, HTLD's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 9.00% (Q1 2026), 22.68% (Q4 2025) and 16.53% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific | 174.38 Bn | 168.91 Bn | - | 22.00% |
| 2 | Csx | 95.46 Bn | 91.67 Bn | - | 24.09% |
| 3 | United Parcel Service | 85.37 Bn | 62.27 Bn | - | 20.63% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 80.13 Bn | 79.15 Bn | - | 24.65% |
| 5 | Norfolk Southern | 74.79 Bn | 69.43 Bn | - | 23.46% |
| 6 | Fedex | 71.16 Bn | 37.11 Bn | - | 24.21% |
| 7 | Delta Air Lines | 50.99 Bn | 33.18 Bn | - | 29.61% |
| 8 | Old Dominion Freight Line | 39.59 Bn | 38.85 Bn | - | 25.00% |
| 9 | United Airlines Holdings | 32.78 Bn | -23.59 Bn | - | 21.54% |
| 10 | Heartland Express | 801.91 Mn | 643.87 Mn | - | 29.64% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 29.64% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.45% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 24.36% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.87% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 26.85% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.58% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.70% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 26.87% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 24.65% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 25.43% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 26.07% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 24.70% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 23.72% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 25.22% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 26.99% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 25.22% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 26.10% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 21.24% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 26.03% |
API Access
Heartland Express Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=HTLD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "HTLD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=HTLD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();