profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Heartland Express
$10.47+1.06% today
+37.8% in 1 year
1-year low $7.081-year high $16.22
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Heartland Express sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $968 million in 2022 to $806 million in 2025, with -$52.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Heartland Express vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Express | No profit yet | ||
 Old Dominion Freight Line | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 157.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Saia | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 TFI International | 25.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Heartland Express's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 968 | 1,207 | 1,048 | 806 | |
| 201 | 145 | 110 | 68 | |
| 91 | 1 | -28 | -62 | |
| 323 | 243 | 162 | 103 | |
| 134 | 15 | -30 | -52 | |
| 1.69 | 0.19 | -0.38 | -0.67 | |
| 20.7% | 12.0% | 10.5% | 8.4% | |
| 9.4% | 0.1% | -2.6% | -7.7% | |
| 13.8% | 1.2% | -2.8% | -6.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,669 | 1,510 | 1,334 | 1,192 |
| Cash | 49 | 28 | 13 | 18 |
| Total debt | 434 | 317 | 209 | 161 |
| Total liabilities | 814 | 644 | 512 | 436 |
| 855 | 865 | 823 | 755 | |
| 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | |
| 11.6% | 2.9% | -1.5% | -4.9% | |
| 15.6% | 1.7% | -3.6% | -6.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | 165 | 144 | 89 | |
| 161 | 209 | 110 | 156 | |
| 34 | -43 | 35 | -67 | |
| Dividends paid | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 1.4×
- 1.0×
- –
- 9.3×
- -8.3%
- -6.5%
- 0.6%
Profitability
- 8.4%
- -7.7%
- -6.5%
- 13.1%
- -4.1%
- 2.8%
- -5.7%
- -3.7%
- -5.2%
- –
Growth
- −5.9%
- –
- −292.0%
- +0.0%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- 1.1×
- 0.20
- 13.0%
- -5.3×
- 1.27
- 1.27
- 0.65
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 5%of 978
Bottom 4%of 985
Bottom 5%of 984
Bottom 6%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $12.00
- Range
- $9.00 – $15.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | -0.06 | -0.13 | +53.8% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -0.06 | -0.07 | +14.3% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -0.11 | -0.11 | +0.0% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -0.14 | -0.08 | −75.0% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -0.18 | -0.13 | −38.5% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | -0.02 | -0.04 | +50.0% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | -0.12 | -0.04 | −207.7% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | -0.04 | -0.03 | −34.8% |
0.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$6a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.08 in 2015 → $0.08 in 2025
How safe it looks
-14.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -9.3%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
24No pass
Benjamin Graham
46No pass
Philip Fisher
35No pass
Peter Lynch
27No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
30No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Heartland Express
Is Heartland Express a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Heartland Express AI analysis
What does Heartland Express do?
Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. It is in Trucking.
Does Heartland Express pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.6% a year. In 2025 it paid out $6.24 million in dividends.
Is Heartland Express stock halal?
Yes. Heartland Express passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Heartland Express stock done over the past year?
Up 37.8% over the past twelve months, to $10.47. It traded between $7.08 and $16.22 and is 35.5% below its high.
Who are Heartland Express's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Old Dominion Freight Line, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Saia and TFI International. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Heartland Express's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.