Heartland Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Heartland Express stock. 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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Heartland Express saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,390,000 shares, a drop of 20.6% from the June 30th total of 1,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 332,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Heartland Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 15th 2021.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) released its earnings results on Sunday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26. The transportation company earned $154.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.27 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 11.66% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.01%. The firm's revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.24 EPS.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HTLD shares have decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $16.96.
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Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 18th.
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Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.48%. Heartland Express does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Heartland Express is 9.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Heartland Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.77% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' share price to reach $21.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.8% from the stock's current price.
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124 employees have rated Heartland Express CEO Michael Gerdin on Glassdoor.com. Michael Gerdin has an approval rating of 69% among Heartland Express' employees.

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), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN) and FRP (FRPH).
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Heartland Express trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTLD."

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Lesa Sroufe & Co (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, Brenda S Neville, David Paul Millis, James G Pratt, Larry J Gordon, Michael J Gerdin and Michael John Sullivan.
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HTLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lesa Sroufe & Co, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Brenda S Neville, David Paul Millis, James G Pratt, and Michael John Sullivan.
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Shares of HTLD 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 $16.96.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion and generates $645.26 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $70.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.87 on an earnings per share basis.

Heartland Express employs 3,780 workers across the globe.

The official website for Heartland Express is www.heartlandexpress.com.

Heartland Express is headquartered at 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA, 52317.

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.