Heartland Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HTLD stock has increased by 11.1% and is now trading at $18.92.
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5 Wall Street 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 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 28th 2021.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 16th. The transportation company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.25. The transportation company had revenue of $162.28 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $165.75 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 10.04% and a return on equity of 9.44%. The firm's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.25 earnings per share.
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Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 8th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, December 18th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 7th.
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Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.43%. The dividend payout ratio of Heartland Express is 8.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Heartland Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.55% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' share price to reach $21.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Express saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,750,000 shares, an increase of 102.4% from the December 15th total of 864,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 338,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.2 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH) and Hertz Global (HTZ).
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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 Co. (ATH.TO) (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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and 6 Meridian (0.02%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, Brenda S Neville, James G Pratt, Kent Daryl Rigdon, Larry J Gordon, Michael J Gerdin and Michael John Sullivan.
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HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Express company stock in the last year include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, and Michael J Gerdin.
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HTLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Brenda S Neville, 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.

One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.92.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.53 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 4,050 workers across the globe.

The official website for Heartland Express is 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.