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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Heartland Express (HTLD)

Heartland Express swings to Q4 2024 net loss of $1.9 million on lower revenue

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Heartland Express reported unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024, in a press release dated January 28, 2025. Fourth-quarter operating revenue fell to $242.6 million from $275.3 million, and the company posted a net loss of $1.9 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with net income of $5.1 million, or $0.06 per share, a year earlier, and the full year showed a net loss of $29.7 million, or $0.38 per share.

Key points

  • Q4 2024 operating revenue of $242.6 million vs. $275.3 million in Q4 2023; operating income of $1.0 million vs. $10.7 million
  • Q4 2024 net loss of $1.9 million ($0.02 per share) vs. net income of $5.1 million ($0.06 per share) in Q4 2023
  • Full-year 2024 net loss of $29.7 million ($0.38 per share) vs. net income of $14.8 million ($0.19 per share) in 2023
  • Debt paid down by $100.3 million in 2024; debt and finance lease obligations were $200.7 million at December 31, 2024

The filing

CompanyHeartland Express (HTLD)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 31, 2025, 6:11 PM ET
Accession number0000799233-25-000004

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 31, 2025.

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