secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC (HTLD)
CIK:        0000799233
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000799233-25-000051
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heartland Express Q3 net loss $8.3M, revenue down 24% YoY; warns no market recovery until 2026
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- Q3 2025: revenue $196.5M (down 24% from $259.9M), net loss $8.3M ($0.11 diluted EPS) vs $9.3M loss a year ago.
- Nine-month 2025: revenue $626.4M, net loss $33.0M ($0.42 EPS) worsened from $27.9M loss in prior-year period.
- Debt reduced from $494M (2022) to $185M; no draws on $88.3M available line of credit as of Sept 30.
- CEO: freight demand still lags capacity; material market improvement not expected until 2026.
- CFI fleet not profitable; Heartland Express and Millis Transfer posted low-90s OR; all brands on common TMS.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923325000051/0000799233-25-000051-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923325000051/htld-20251031.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-25-000051

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