Heartland Express: Pay

Heartland Express paid its 5 named executives $2.4M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Mr. Michael J. Gerdin was paid $1.1M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $52
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Mr. Michael J. GerdinChief Executive Officer, Chairman, President and Director
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Mr. Christopher A. StrainVice President of Finance, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Mr. Kent D. RigdonChief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Mr. Joshua S. HelmichChief Administrative Officer and Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)Not disclosed
2 years
Mr. David P. MillisDirector and Millis Transfer President
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2024 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 2 peers with pay on file was $5.3M. CEO pay of Heartland Express for that year is not on file.

  1. 1Werner Enterprises
  2. 2Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
  3. 3Heartland ExpressNot disclosed
  4. 4Covenant Logistics GroupNot disclosed
  5. 5Marten TransportNot disclosed
  6. 6P.A.M Transportation Services, Inc.Not disclosed
  7. 7Schneider NationalNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.