NASDAQ:HTLD - Heartland Express Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 21st. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

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

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The transportation company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.04. The transportation company had revenue of $156.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $169.55 million. Heartland Express had a return on equity of 7.49% and a net margin of 11.75%. View Heartland Express' Earnings History.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Express.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' stock price to reach $20.2857 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Express.

Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include Schneider National (SNDR), Landstar System (LSTR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Saia (SAIA), Marten Transport (MRTN), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), USA Truck (USAK) and Celadon Group (CGI).

Media stories about HTLD stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company an impact score of 46.90 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include American Century Companies Inc. (11.18%), BlackRock Inc. (7.58%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.25%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.43%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.46%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.47%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include John P Cosaert, 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 Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Balter Liquid Alternatives LLC, Guggenheim Capital LLC, American International Group Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, BlackRock Inc., Granite Investment Partners LLC, Quantbot Technologies LP and Sei Investments Co.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.47.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.60 billion and generates $607.34 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $75.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.51 on an earnings per share basis. Heartland Express employs 3,800 workers across the globe.

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.