What is Heartland Express's lease cost?

Heartland Express (HTLD) reported lease cost of $350K in Q4 2025.

How has Heartland Express's lease cost changed year-over-year?

Heartland Express's lease cost decreased by 65.5% year-over-year, from $1.01M to $350K.

What does lease cost mean?

The total expense incurred by the company for the use of leased assets, including both operating and finance lease components. This metric captures the recurring cost of maintaining access to essential operational equipment without ownership.

Heartland Express HTLD Lease Cost

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$176.3M-19.7%

Operating income-$3.3M+77.9%

Net income-$4.8M+65.2%

EPS (diluted)-$0.06+66.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$44.5M+86.4%

Total debt$153.2M-29.1%

Total equity$755.3M-8.2%

Total assets$1.2B-12.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$23.2M-10.4%

CapEx$18.0M-23.5%

Free cash flow$5.1M+125%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.13B+66.4%

Enterprise value$1.24B+42.2%

P/S1.5×+0.8×

Profitability

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Operating margin-6%-14.0pp

Net margin-5.7%+642pp

FCF margin-8.4%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-6.6%+52.6pp

Debt / equity0.2×0.0×

Current ratio1.3×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Heartland Express in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:LeaseCost.

The official record: Heartland Express’s 10-K, filed March 3, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Heartland Express's lease cost?: Heartland Express (HTLD) reported lease cost of $350K in Q4 2025.
How has Heartland Express's lease cost changed year-over-year?: Heartland Express's lease cost decreased by 65.5% year-over-year, from $1.01M to $350K.
What does lease cost mean?: The total expense incurred by the company for the use of leased assets, including both operating and finance lease components. This metric captures the recurring cost of maintaining access to essential operational equipment without ownership.