NASDAQ:HTLD - Heartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

Heartland Express trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTLD."

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

Heartland Express announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, May 11th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The transportation company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.25. The transportation company had revenue of $147.91 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $147.02 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 14.33% and a return on equity of 12.84%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.23 earnings per share. View Heartland Express' Earnings History.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Express.

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 $20.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Express.

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

Media headlines about HTLD stock have trended positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Heartland Express.

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), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Saia (SAIA), Hertz Global (HTZ), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH) and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS).

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

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Kent Daryl Rigdon, Larry J Gordon, Michael John Sullivan and Tahira K Hira. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heartland Express.

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 Kent Daryl Rigdon and Larry J Gordon. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $21.13.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.73 billion and generates $610.80 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $72.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.88 on an earnings per share basis. Heartland Express employs 3,450 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Heartland Express.

The official website for Heartland Express is http://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.