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

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

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

Heartland Express declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback 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 often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The transportation company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.25. The transportation company earned $147.91 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $147.02 million. Heartland Express had a return on equity of 12.84% and a net margin of 14.33%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.23 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' share price to reach $20.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. 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 coverage about HTLD stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. 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), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), 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%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and 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 $21.01.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.72 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.