secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC (HTLD)
CIK:        0000799233
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T14:35:48+00:00
Accession:  0000799233-26-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heartland Express Q2 net income $10.6M vs loss $10.9M YoY; operating ratio improves to 91.0%
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- Q2 2026 operating revenue $184.1M (down from $210.4M YoY); net income $10.6M vs net loss $10.9M in Q2 2025.
- Basic EPS $0.14 vs loss per share $0.14 YoY; operating ratio 91.0% (1,490bp improvement from 105.9%).
- Non-GAAP adjusted operating ratio 88.3% in Q2 2026 vs 106.0% in Q2 2025.
- Acquisition-related debt reduced from $494M in 2022 to $135M; Smith Transport debt fully retired in Q1 2026.
- Cash $62.4M (up $43.9M since Dec 2025); repurchased 172,061 shares for $2.3M in Q2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923326000037/0000799233-26-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923326000037/htld-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-26-000037

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