Heartland Express, Inc.
Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) is a truckload carrier and transportation services provider focused primarily on nationwide, asset-based dry van freight for major shippers across the United States, with cross-border services and other transportation offerings in Mexico. Its short-, medium- and long-haul… From the company’s description.
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Heartland Express, Inc. reported revenue of $719.24M, down 17.2% from a year earlier. Its operating margin was −1.0%, and operations generated $70.02M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $805.71M, down 23.1% from fiscal 2024.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Heartland Express, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) is a truckload carrier and transportation services provider focused primarily on nationwide, asset-based dry van freight for major shippers across the United States, with cross-border services and other transportation offerings in Mexico. Its short-, medium- and long-haul operations primarily serve retailers, manufacturers and parcel carriers, including customers with time-sensitive shipments; the company also offers temperature-controlled truckload service and Mexico logistics. Heartland manages its brands on a combined basis rather than reporting separate operating segments, and operates under the Heartland Express, Millis Transfer, Smith Transport and CFI brands, with CFI used for services within Mexico following the integration and rebranding of its U.S. operations into Heartland Express at the end of 2025. Founded in 1978, the company has expanded through organic growth and acquisitions, including the 2022 acquisitions of Smith Transport and CFI. In 2025, it generated $805.7 million in revenue and averaged approximately 4,560 drivers and non-driving personnel. Its website is www.heartlandexpress.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry (SIC)
- Transportation & Utilities
- Headquarters
- NORTH LIBERTY, IA
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 799233
- SIC
- 4213
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Heartland Express, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Heartland Express, Inc. · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Heartland Express, Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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