Is Heartland Express (HTLD) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Heartland Express's valuation in context — a forward P/E of about 27.8, a price-to-book of about 1.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is Heartland Express's revenue?

Heartland Express reported revenue of $805.7M for FY2025, with net profit of $-52.5M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Heartland Express (HTLD)?

Heartland Express last traded at $15.24 (-0.5% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Heartland Express

HTLD · NYSE · Industrials · United States

$15.24-0.5%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:26 PM

Snapshot

TickerHTLD

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryTrucking

CountryUnited States

Employees3,630

HeadquartersNorth Liberty, United States

Market cap$1.2B

P/B1.6

Volume342.57K

Websitewww.heartlandexpress.com

Filings tracked7

About Heartland Express

Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides short, medium, and long-haul truckload carrier and transportation services in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload services for shippers; cross-border freight and other transportation services; and temperature-controlled truckload services. The company offers its services under the Heartland Express, Millis Transfer, Smith Transport, and CFI brand names. It primarily serves retailers, manufacturers, and parcel carriers in the consumer goods, appliances, food products, and automotive industries. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders51.3%
Institutions48.7%
Public & other0.0%

256 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.8.76%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP5.00%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2.89%
State Street Corporation2.67%
American Century Companies Inc2.36%
Gate City Capital Management, LLC2.04%
Two Sigma Investments, LP1.86%
Geode Capital Management, LLC1.53%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 7.7 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Net margin trend1.2% → -6.5%

Margin has compressed by about 7.7 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity-6.9%

Latest ROE of -6.9% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $194.3M · EPS 0.06

Est. earnings growth +156.1%

Next fiscal year

Rev $821.7M · EPS 0.55

Est. earnings growth +1393.8%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$7.0052-wk range$16.64

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$1.2B

Day change

-0.5%

Fwd P/E

27.8

P/B

1.6

Div yield

0.52%

Beta

1.30

Revenue (FY2025)

$805.7M

Net margin

-6.5%

ROE

-6.9%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-18.3%

EPS (FY2025)

-0.67

Net profit (FY2025)

$-52.5M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$805.7M	$-52.5M	-0.67	-6.5%	-6.9%
FY2024	$1.0B	$-29.7M	-0.38	-2.8%	-3.6%
FY2023	$1.2B	$14.8M	0.19	1.2%	1.7%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$176.3M	$-4.8M	-0.06	-2.7%
2025Q3	$196.5M	$-8.3M	-0.11	-4.2%
2025Q2	$210.4M	$-10.9M	-0.14	-5.2%
2025Q1	$219.4M	$-13.9M	-0.18	-6.3%
2024Q3	$259.9M	$-9.3M	-0.12	-3.6%
2024Q2	$274.8M	$-3.5M	-0.04	-1.3%
2024Q1	$270.3M	$-15.1M	-0.19	-5.6%
2023Q3	$295.0M	$-10.7M	-0.14	-3.6%
2023Q2	$306.2M	$7.8M	0.10	2.5%
2023Q1	$330.9M	$12.6M	0.16	3.8%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC6/17/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC5/19/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/15/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/11/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/27/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC4/22/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC3/31/2026material

In the news

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