NASDAQ:HTLDHeartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when 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 earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The transportation company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.03. The transportation company earned $166.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $164.93 million. Heartland Express had a return on equity of 10.22% and a net margin of 11.05%. Heartland Express's revenue for the quarter was up 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.21 earnings per share. View Heartland Express' earnings history.

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 9th. Investors 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 is Thursday, June 18th. View Heartland Express' dividend history.

6 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' stock price to reach $21.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Heartland Express.

News headlines about HTLD stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Heartland Express.

Heartland Express saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, a decrease of 10.9% from the June 15th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 375,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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.