Truckload Carrier Heartland Express has published a six -year quarterly loss in a row (except for one time gains) but I noticed some improvement in the basics so far in the new year.
North Liberty, Heartland, which is based in Iowa: HTLD, a net loss of $ 1.9 million, or 2 cents per share, for the fourth quarter in 2024 (just a single cent when excluding firefighting expenses). The result was better than the consensus expectations for a loss of 4 cents for this period.
The transport company recorded major profits per share 6 cents in the previous year period. However, this quarter included unexpected gains of $ 25.6 million from selling three stations.
In a press release on Tuesday, CEO Mike Geordine referred with caution to favorable trends so far in the first quarter, with the expectation of momentum throughout the year.
“Although winter weather conditions early in the quarter and winter weather conditions so far in 2025 make the comparison difficult, we are witnessing a positive transformation in customer rates and size negotiations that we expect to strengthen with the development of the year.”
The fourth quarter guarantee $ 6 million as gains to sell the equipment used, which analysts see as part of regular operations and frequent displacement to cover operating expenses. However, Hartland’s gains in equipment sales in 2024 were greatly likely to the fourth quarter (80 % of the total entire year) and benefited from this period by about 6 cents when using the normal tax rate.
The fourth -quarter revenues of 242.6 million dollars were 11.9 % lower on an annual basis and less than 8.9 % when excluding additional fuel effects. Revenue with the exception of fuel was 5.5 % lower than the third quarter.
Heartland does not provide operating measures for use and pricing.
The transmission reservation is 98.9 % (operating expenses that are expressed as a percentage of revenue), which was 400 basis points worse than the fourth quarter of 2023 (including real estate gains) but improved 105.8 % gains.
Salaries, wages and benefits (as a percentage of revenue) decreased 60 bits in Y/Y, and the rents and transportation expenses purchased 220 basis points. Operations and maintenance expenses were 190 basis points, as the average age of tractor increased to 2.5 years in a quarter from 2.2 years in the last period.
The average age of the jars in the company for the current session was 2.7 years in the third quarter.
Hartland has witnessed a long extension of the partially difficult results due to the intensity of the stagnation of charging, but also as is the case I acquired two fleets (Smith Transport and Contract control) in the summer of 2022 – the first days of stagnation.
Its old operations, which include 2019 Millis Transport96.3 % was born or in the fourth quarter. Heartland did not provide Ay/Y comparing, instead, choosing a comparison of the results with the weakest of the first quarter in terms of seasonal terms. Old operations were born 99.9 % or in the first quarter 2024.
The fleets obtained in 2022 operate 102.6 % or in the fourth quarter compared to 109.7 % or in the first quarter.
The company’s report in the fourth quarter of 2023 ORS showed 86.9 % for old business and 103.8 % for acquired fleets (including real estate gains).
“We are making progress and we have an additional additional field for improvement through self -assistance and raising the market when it occurs,” said Gerdin. “We expect to continue to focus on cost improvements, the integration of the operating system, and the asset use strategies before an expected favorable increase in the total shipping demand.”
He said that the goal is to return to a low to the mid -eighties, or to expand the base of profitable revenue (including through future acquisitions) and return to a debt -free public budget.
The company paid $ 100 million of debt during the year 2024 (and about 300 million dollars in total since 2022 acquisitions). The year ended with $ 187.9 million of net debt (including the obligations of the lease of financing) with no balance on facilitating rotor credit, which owns 88.3 million dollars.
HTLD shares were from 2.6 % at 1:07 pm EST on Tuesday compared to the S&P 500, which increased by 0.9 %.
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