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 shares have increased by 8.9% and is now trading at $18.54.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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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, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.25. The transportation company had revenue of $162.28 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.75 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 10.04% and a return on equity of 9.44%. Heartland Express's revenue for the quarter was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.25 earnings per share.
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Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 23rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 8th will be paid 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 0.43%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 7th.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year 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 13.3% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Express saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,410,000 shares, a drop of 14.0% from the September 30th total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 350,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.0 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the stock 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), Nikola (NKLA), Landstar System (LSTR), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH), Hertz Global (HTZ) and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS).
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.78%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (3.38%), State Street Corp (2.15%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.49%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.56%) and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.50%). 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 ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley, SG Americas Securities LLC, AJO LP, US Bancorp DE, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.. 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 BlackRock Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ, Caas Capital Management LP, State Street Corp, and Millrace Asset Group Inc.. 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.54.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.50 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.