NASDAQ:HTLDHeartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 (WHO). Since then, HTLD stock has increased by 23.3% and is now trading at $21.00. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Heartland Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Heartland Express.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 21st. The transportation company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.03. The transportation company earned $166.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $164.93 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 11.05% and a return on equity of 10.22%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.21 EPS. View Heartland Express' earnings history.

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 19th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. View Heartland Express' dividend history.

6 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' stock price to reach $21.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Heartland Express.

News stories about HTLD stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a coverage optimism score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Heartland Express.

Heartland Express saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, a decline of 10.9% from the June 15th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 375,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Heartland Express' Current Options Chain.

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

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), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Transocean (RIG) and Athabasca Oil (ATH).

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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Brenda S Neville, Kent Daryl Rigdon, Larry J Gordon and Michael John Sullivan. View institutional ownership trends for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $21.00.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.71 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.