Heartland Express (HTLD) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HTLD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HTLD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Heartland Express' shares. Their HTLD share price forecasts range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $16.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $15.34 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, HTLD stock has increased by 5.0% and is now trading at $16.10.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 24th 2023.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 27th. The transportation company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.02. The transportation company had revenue of $330.92 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $325.84 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 11.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.31%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 118.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.21 earnings per share.

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 28th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, April 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 27th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV), SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT), iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI) and VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF (CSF).

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.50%. The dividend payout ratio is 4.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLD will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Heartland Express announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 20th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback 3,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

124 employees have rated Heartland Express Chief Executive Officer Michael Gerdin on Glassdoor.com. Michael Gerdin has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heartland Express investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), NIC (EGOV), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and Transocean (RIG).

Heartland Express trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTLD."

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include American Century Companies Inc. (9.77%), BlackRock Inc. (9.62%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.62%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (2.86%), State Street Corp (2.37%) and Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, David Paul Millis, James G Pratt, Michael J Gerdin and Michael John Sullivan.
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Shares of HTLD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.10.

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion and generates $1.15 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $133.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,500 workers across the globe.

Heartland Express' mailing address is 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA, 52317. The official website for the company is www.heartlandexpress.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (319) 626-3600 or via fax at 319-626-3311.