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HTLD NASDAQ

Heartland Express, Inc.
1W: +1.0% 1M: -9.3% 3M: -20.1% YTD: +14.0% 1Y: +29.8% 3Y: -28.3% 5Y: -35.8%
$10.37
+0.35 (+3.49%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.8%
$9 $10 $10 $11 $11
NASDAQ · Industrials · Trucking · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 28 · $801.9M mcap · 47M float · 1.49% daily turnover · Short 58% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 60% of companies Debt: 12.5% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.21 (down 98%), Heartland Express, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $114.2M against a stock market value of $801.9M.
Distance to default 6.18 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $103.2M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 39.1%; Altman Z'' 4.44. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Income Trends

Revenue
$806M -23.1% ▼
5Y CAGR: +4.5%
Gross Profit
-$8M -119.7% ▼
Operating Income
-$62M -123.0% ▼
Net Income
-$52M -76.5% ▼
EPS (Diluted)
$-0.67 -76.3% ▼
EBITDA
$103M -36.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: -12.9%

Profit Margins

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Income Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$607M$968M$1.2B$1.0B$806M
YoY Growth-5.9%+59.4%+24.7%-13.2%-23.1%
Cost of Revenue$513M$818M$1.1B$1.0B$813M
Gross Profit$94M$150M$78M$39M-$8M
Gross Margin15.4%15.5%6.5%3.7%-0.9%
R&D Expenses$0$0$0$0$0
SG&A Expenses$23M$39M$51M$55M$66M
Operating Expenses$26M$58M$77M$67M$54M
Operating Income$68M$91M$1M-$28M-$62M
Operating Margin11.2%9.4%0.1%-2.6%-7.7%
Interest Expense$0$9M$24M$18M$11M
Income Before Tax$106M$181M$20M-$37M-$68M
Tax Expense$27M$48M$5M-$7M$16M
Net Income$79M$134M$15M-$30M-$52M
Net Margin13.1%13.8%1.2%-2.8%-6.5%
EPS (Diluted)$1.00$1.69$0.19$-0.38$-0.67
EBITDA$210M$323M$243M$162M$103M
Shares Outstanding80M79M79M79M78M

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