Heartland Express Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:HTLD)

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

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 20th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

Heartland Express announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Friday, May 11th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The transportation company earned $142.14 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $144.93 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 14.00% and a return on equity of 13.01%. The business's revenue was down 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.22 earnings per share. View Heartland Express' Earnings History.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Express.

6 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' share price to reach $20.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.5%. 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.

Headlines about HTLD stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Heartland Express.

Heartland Express saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,440,000 shares, a decrease of 10.9% from the August 15th total of 2,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 395,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.2 days. Currently, 5.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Heartland Express' Current Options Chain.

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), Saia (SAIA), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH), Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS), Con-way (CNW) and Quality Distribution (QLTY).

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 (ATH), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR) and Southwest Airlines (LUV).

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.19%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.19%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%). 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 Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.. 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.

HTLD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, Strs Ohio and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Michael John Sullivan and Tahira K Hira. 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 $22.52.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.85 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.