NASDAQ:HTLDHeartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Heartland Express, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $21.00 +0.24 (+1.16 %) (As of 07/7/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$20.53Now: $21.00▼$21.1650-Day Range$19.02MA: $20.72▼$21.9052-Week Range$15.65Now: $21.00▼$22.71Volume330,400 shsAverage Volume348,517 shsMarket Capitalization$1.71 billionP/E Ratio25.00Dividend Yield0.39%Beta0.56 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. The company primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload service for shippers from Washington to Florida and New England to California; and temperature-controlled truckload services. It primarily transports appliances, automotive parts, consumer products, paper products, packaged foodstuffs, and retail goods. The company principally serves retailers and manufacturers. Heartland Express, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 1.1 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingHeartland Express has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 2 sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $21.17, Heartland Express has a potential upside of 0.8% from its current price of $21.00.Amount of Analyst CoverageHeartland Express has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 1.8 Community Rank Outperform VotesHeartland Express has received 342 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesHeartland Express has received 619 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentHeartland Express has received 64.41% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Heartland Express and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe HTLD will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe HTLD will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldHeartland Express has a dividend yield of 0.39%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthHeartland Express does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Heartland Express is 8.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Heartland Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.52% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 5.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Heartland Express insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $18,470.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders43.00% of the stock of Heartland Express is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.Percentage Held by Institutions53.39% of the stock of Heartland Express is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 1.3 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Heartland Express are expected to grow by 25.37% in the coming year, from $0.67 to $0.84 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Heartland Express is 25.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.73.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Heartland Express is 25.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 13.64.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHeartland Express has a P/B Ratio of 2.51. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 1.1Community Rank: 1.8Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 5.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.16 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Trucking, except local Sub-IndustryTrucking SectorTransportation Current SymbolNASDAQ:HTLD Previous Symbol CUSIP42234710 CIK799233 Webwww.heartlandexpress.com Phone319-626-3600Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio2.08 Quick Ratio2.08Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio25.00 Forward P/E Ratio31.34 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$596.82 million Price / Sales2.86 Cash Flow$2.15 per share Price / Cash Flow9.79 Book Value$8.35 per share Price / Book2.51Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.89 Net Income$72.97 million Net Margins11.05% Return on Equity10.22% Return on Assets7.61%Miscellaneous Employees4,050 Outstanding Shares81,351,000Market Cap$1.71 billion Next Earnings Date7/16/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable NASDAQ:HTLD Rates by TradingView Receive HTLD News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for HTLD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) Frequently Asked Questions How has Heartland Express' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. 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. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Heartland Express. When is Heartland Express' next earnings date? Heartland Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Heartland Express. How were Heartland Express' earnings last quarter? Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The transportation company reported $0.16 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 net margin of 11.05% and a return on equity of 10.22%. The firm's revenue was up 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. View Heartland Express' earnings history. How often does Heartland Express pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Heartland Express? 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 18th. View Heartland Express' dividend history. What price target have analysts set for HTLD? 6 analysts have issued 1-year 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 $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. Has Heartland Express been receiving favorable news coverage? Press coverage about HTLD stock has been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Heartland Express. Are investors shorting Heartland Express? Heartland Express saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, a decline of 10.9% from the June 15th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 375,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Heartland Express' Current Options Chain. Who are some of Heartland Express' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include Nikola (NKLA), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), 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. What other stocks do shareholders of Heartland Express own? 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). Who are Heartland Express' key executives? Heartland Express' management team includes the following people: Mr. Michael J. Gerdin, Chairman, CEO & Pres (Age 49)Mr. Christopher Alan Strain, VP of Fin., Treasurer, CFO & Sec. (Age 44)Mr. Todd Allan Trimble, VP of Midwestern Operations (Age 48)Mr. Kent Daryl Rigdon, VP of Sales (Age 55)Mr. K. Eric Eickman, VP of Information Technology (Age 47) What is Heartland Express' stock symbol? Heartland Express trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTLD." How do I buy shares of 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. What is Heartland Express' stock price today? One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.00. How big of a company is Heartland Express? 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. What is Heartland Express' official website? The official website for Heartland Express is www.heartlandexpress.com. How can I contact Heartland Express? 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. This page was last updated on 7/8/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. 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