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. Investors 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 declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, May 11th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.07. The transportation company had revenue of $167.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $170.47 million. Heartland Express had a return on equity of 11.18% and a net margin of 12.23%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.27 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' share price to reach $20.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% 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.

Headlines about HTLD stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a coverage optimism score of -4.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Heartland Express.

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

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

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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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., Man Group plc, Renaissance Technologies LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC, Castleark Management LLC and GW&K Investment Management LLC. 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 purchased 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 $20.03.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.64 billion and generates $596.82 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $72.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.89 on an earnings per share basis. Heartland Express employs 3,450 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Heartland Express.

The official website for Heartland Express is http://www.heartlandexpress.com/.

Heartland Express' mailing address is 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA, 52317. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 319-626-3600.