Heartland Express, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Trucking (No Local) (industry code 4213), based in North Liberty, IA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $806 million and a loss of $52 million (its filed statements).
Usage businessTrucking (No Local)North Liberty, IAfilings since 19959 of 9 filed
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a usage business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4213, Trucking (No Local)); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 2.9 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 1.8 out of ten, present 3.8 out of ten, future 2.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
Surviving crises (past): 2.3 out of ten. 2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-12-04. 23rd percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Track record (past): 1.1 out of ten. +3.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10. 11th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Shareholder treatment (past): 2.7 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.5% a year. 9% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 1 purchases. 27th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Financial health (present): 4.5 out of ten. ROE -7%: lost 7¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar. 45th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Industry position (present): 2.4 out of ten. bottom 24% of 13 in its family; net margin -6.5%. 24th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Leadership (present): 5.5 out of ten. top 45% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2012. 55th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
Room to expand (future): 2.3 out of ten. bottom 23% of 13 in its family for room to expand. 23rd percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Growth drivers (future): 4.4 out of ten. bottom 44% of 13 in its family for growth drivers. 44th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Expectations vs reality (future): 1.1 out of ten. bottom 12% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality. 12th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-10 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-05 for the period ended 2026-07-30 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 8-K, 2026-09-17. Filings on record since 1995. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Who runs it
Gerdin, Michael J (Chief Executive Officer); Millis, David Paul (President of Millis Transfer); Strain, Christopher Alan (Vice President/CFO/Treasurer); Rigdon, Kent Daryl (Chief Operating Officer); Eickman, Kris Eric (VP of Information Technology); Helmich, Joshua Stefan (CAO and Secretary); Pratt, James G (director); Spalding, David P (director). 8 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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