NASDAQ:HTLD - Heartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

Heartland Express announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Friday, May 11th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.07. The transportation company earned $167.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $170.47 million. The company's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.27 EPS. View Heartland Express' Earnings History.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Express.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' stock price to reach $20.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Express.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Express.

Media headlines about HTLD stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Heartland Express.

Heartland Express saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,550,000 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the January 15th total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 263,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Heartland Express' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include AMERCO (UHAL), Avis Budget Group (CAR), FRP (FRPH), Hertz Global (HTZ), J B Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS), Ryder System (R), Saia (SAIA) and Werner Enterprises (WERN).

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), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR), Transocean (RIG), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and Baidu (BIDU).

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (7.07%), State Street Corp (1.86%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.39%), UBS Group AG (1.31%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.79%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Brenda S Neville, Kent Daryl Rigdon, Larry J Gordon, Michael John Sullivan and Tahira K Hira. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC, Castleark Management LLC, GW&K Investment Management LLC and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Express company stock in the last year include Kent Daryl Rigdon and Larry J Gordon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Aviva PLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, State Street Corp, Spark Investment Management LLC, Credit Suisse AG and Granite Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Brenda S Neville, Michael John Sullivan and Tahira K Hira. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Express.

Shares of HTLD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.84.