$HTLD
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC Stock $htld

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2022 Q3 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000079923322000042 Filed on August 09, 2022

Income Statement

Concept	2022 Q3	2022 Q2	2022 Q1
Revenue	$274.0M	$187.8M	$151.3M
YoY Change	79.54%	21.87%	-0.72%
Cost Of Revenue
YoY Change
Gross Profit
YoY Change
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin	$197.2M	$127.9M	$104.0M
YoY Change	89.78%	23.63%	-1.77%
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$34.79M	$24.31M	$23.31M
YoY Change	37.46%	-6.42%	-13.61%
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$246.1M	$164.5M	$133.1M
YoY Change	82.83%	22.17%	-3.73%
Operating Profit	$34.74M	$105.1M	$22.40M
YoY Change	4.41%	284.1%	22.52%
Interest Expense	-$1.808M	$174.0K	$146.0K
YoY Change	-1098.9%		46.0%
% of Operating Profit	-5.2%	0.17%	0.65%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$32.93M	$105.1M	$22.54M
YoY Change	-1.55%	281.97%	22.39%
Income Tax	$8.519M	$28.24M	$5.766M
% Of Pretax Income	25.87%	26.85%	25.58%
Net Earnings	$24.42M	$76.91M	$16.78M
YoY Change	-0.21%	270.77%	22.14%
Net Earnings / Revenue	8.91%	40.95%	11.09%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.31	$0.97	$0.21
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$309.2K	$0.97	$0.21
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	78.94M shares	78.93M shares	78.93M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	78.97M shares	78.96M shares	78.95M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2022 Q3	2022 Q2	2022 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$64.82M	$171.9M	$187.1M
YoY Change	-64.06%	2.77%	26.24%
Cash & Equivalents	$64.82M	$171.9M	$187.1M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$38.28M	$19.96M	$9.776M
YoY Change	268.15%	63.4%	7.09%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$163.1M	$95.71M	$61.58M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$266.2M	$296.1M	$268.5M
YoY Change	2.93%	19.64%	18.45%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$992.4M	$510.8M	$472.0M
YoY Change	102.09%	2.08%	-7.97%
Goodwill	$316.8M	$208.8M	$168.3M
YoY Change	88.24%	24.07%	0.0%
Intangibles	$103.3M	$49.23M	$21.76M
YoY Change	350.05%	109.04%	-9.9%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$22.93M	$19.45M	$16.59M
YoY Change	31.78%	12.79%	-5.06%
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.435B	$817.1M	$678.6M
YoY Change	105.15%	15.17%	-6.11%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$266.2M	$296.1M	$268.5M
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.435B	$817.1M	$678.6M
Total Assets	$1.702B	$1.113B	$947.1M
YoY Change	77.57%	16.32%	-0.24%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$59.45M	$28.80M	$20.28M
YoY Change	311.98%	51.98%	19.28%
Accrued Expenses	$79.48M	$74.37M	$53.81M
YoY Change	39.43%	30.06%	-10.46%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$17.65M	$2.304M
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$159.8M	$126.4M	$77.54M
YoY Change	36.55%	63.63%	-7.75%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$447.4M	$8.623M	$0.00
YoY Change
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$54.49M	$55.87M	$38.82M
YoY Change	20.52%	17.54%	-23.14%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$501.9M	$168.9M	$127.0M
YoY Change	278.98%	22.43%	-11.13%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$159.8M	$126.4M	$77.54M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$501.9M	$168.9M	$127.0M
Total Liabilities	$860.7M	$295.3M	$204.6M
YoY Change	245.02%	37.21%	-9.88%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$1.038B	$1.015B	$939.6M
YoY Change	14.59%	10.05%	4.04%
Common Stock	$5.212M	$5.098M	$5.112M
YoY Change	-0.27%	-6.25%	-5.03%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$202.1M	$202.1M	$202.2M
YoY Change	0.01%	8.7%	8.64%
Treasury Stock Shares	11.75M shares	11.75M shares	11.76M shares
Shareholders Equity	$840.9M	$817.9M	$742.5M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.702B	$1.113B	$947.1M
YoY Change	77.57%	16.32%	-0.24%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2022 Q3	2022 Q2	2022 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$24.42M	$76.91M	$16.78M
YoY Change	-0.21%	270.77%	22.14%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$34.79M	$24.31M	$23.31M
YoY Change	37.46%	-6.42%	-13.61%
Cash From Operating Activities	$54.04M	$20.92M	$37.59M
YoY Change	64.17%	-23.6%	6.1%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$41.25M	-$28.53M	$22.03M
YoY Change	-9.58%	-24.48%	125.94%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$537.4M	-$5.886M	$0.00
YoY Change	-1367.92%	-119.2%	-100.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$578.7M	-$34.42M	-$8.381M
YoY Change	17737.61%	376.14%	-154.14%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net			$0.00
YoY Change			-100.0%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	417.7M	-2.717M	-$41.00K
YoY Change	-2634.43%	66.69%	-99.75%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	54.04M	20.92M	$37.59M
Cash From Investing Activities	-578.7M	-34.42M	-$8.381M
Cash From Financing Activities	417.7M	-2.717M	-$41.00K
Net Change In Cash	-106.9M	-16.22M	$29.17M
YoY Change	-910.43%	-187.61%	-14.69%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$54.04M	$20.92M	$37.59M
Capital Expenditures	-$41.25M	-$28.53M	$22.03M
Free Cash Flow	$95.30M	$49.45M	$15.56M
YoY Change	21.32%	-24.11%	-39.4%

Facts In Submission

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CY2021Q2	htld	Depreciationandamortizationexcludingdepreciationoncommunicationequipment Depreciationandamortizationexcludingdepreciationoncommunicationequipment	25956000	usd
	htld	Depreciationandamortizationexcludingdepreciationoncommunicationequipment Depreciationandamortizationexcludingdepreciationoncommunicationequipment	47620000	usd
	htld	Depreciationandamortizationexcludingdepreciationoncommunicationequipment Depreciationandamortizationexcludingdepreciationoncommunicationequipment	52882000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Other Cost And Expense Operating OtherCostAndExpenseOperating	5204000	usd
	us-gaap	Other Cost And Expense Operating OtherCostAndExpenseOperating	18042000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	7855000	usd
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	85970000	usd
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	12088000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	126777000	usd
	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	211647000	usd
	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	260899000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	27351000	usd
	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	127450000	usd
	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	45631000	usd
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	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest InvestmentIncomeInterest	406000	usd
	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest InvestmentIncomeInterest	312000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	0	usd
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	174000	usd
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	0	usd
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	127682000	usd
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	45943000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	28235000	usd
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	6784000	usd
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	34001000	usd
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	11466000	usd
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CY2021Q2	htld	Net Income NetIncome	20742000	usd
	htld	Net Income NetIncome	93681000	usd
	htld	Net Income NetIncome	34477000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	20742000	usd
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	93681000	usd
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	34477000	usd
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	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	78931000	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	80028000	shares
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	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	78956000	shares
	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	80081000	shares
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	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	0.04
	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	0.04
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	817902000	usd
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CY2021Q1	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock DividendsCommonStock	1599000	usd
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CY2021Q1	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	-485000	usd
CY2021Q1	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	722417000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock DividendsCommonStock	1598000	usd
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	-205000	usd
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	htld	Net Income2 NetIncome2	34477000	usd
	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	47620000	usd
	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	52977000	usd
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	5369000	usd
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	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	800000	usd
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	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	85970000	usd
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	12088000	usd
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Receivables IncreaseDecreaseInReceivables	3713000	usd
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	-2073000	usd
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	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	3198000	usd
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	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-18330000	usd
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	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Excluding Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseExcludingExchangeRateEffect	52716000	usd
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	131140000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	183856000	usd
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	us-gaap	Capital Expenditures Incurred But Not Yet Paid CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid	1033000	usd
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	htld	Soldrevenueequipmentinothercurrentassets Soldrevenueequipmentinothercurrentassets	1516000	usd
	htld	Common Stock Dividends Declared In Accounts Payable CommonStockDividendsDeclaredInAccountsPayable	1579000	usd
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	171879000	usd
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	167241000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Investments Current RestrictedCashAndInvestmentsCurrent	897000	usd
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents Noncurrent RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsNoncurrent	15608000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	186716000	usd
CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	183856000	usd
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	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-06-30
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	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-06-30
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	154100000	usd
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	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-06-30
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Including Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax	2800000	usd
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	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Including Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax	5900000	usd
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	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-06-30
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CY2022Q2	htld	Business Acquisition Consideration Transferred BusinessAcquisitionConsiderationTransferred	169400000	usd
CY2022Q2	htld	Business Combination Gross Cash Paid BusinessCombinationGrossCashPaid	140600000	usd
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CY2022Q2	htld	Business Combination Long Term Debt BusinessCombinationLongTermDebt	-46800000	usd
CY2022Q2	htld	Business Combination Long Term Debt BusinessCombinationLongTermDebt	-45700000	usd
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CY2022Q2	htld	Acquired Business Percent Of Revenue AcquiredBusinessPercentOfRevenue	0.104	rate
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Intangibles BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles	28070000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired Goodwill And Liabilities Assumed Net BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet	40505000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Assets BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets	206290000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Current Liabilities Accounts Payable BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayable	8379000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Current Liabilities Other BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesOther	1946000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Noncurrent Liabilities Long Term Debt BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt	11424000	usd
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CY2022Q2	htld	Operating Lease Liabilities OperatingLeaseLiabilities	27133000	usd
CY2022Q2	htld	Net Cash Paid NetCashPaid	122049000	usd
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Indefinitelived Intangible Assets Acquired IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired	8000000	usd
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	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-06-30
	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-06-30
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