Heartland Express - HTLD Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HTLD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HTLD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Heartland Express' stock. Their HTLD share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $17.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $15.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $16.82 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, HTLD shares have decreased by 15.9% and is now trading at $14.15.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 13th 2022.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 25th. The transportation company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.64. The transportation company earned $187.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $164.27 million. Heartland Express had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 21.64%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 21.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.26 earnings per share.

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 27th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, October 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 26th.
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Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.56%. The dividend payout ratio is 4.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLD will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.72% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Heartland Express declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Friday, August 20th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase 3,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

124 employees have rated Heartland Express Chief Executive Officer Michael Gerdin on Glassdoor.com. Michael Gerdin has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

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), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and Transocean (RIG).

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

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.71%), Millennium Management LLC (0.68%), Northern Trust Corp (0.66%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.56%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.55%) and Sei Investments Co. (0.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, Brenda S Neville, David Paul Millis, James G Pratt, Michael J Gerdin and Michael John Sullivan.
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One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.15.

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion and generates $607.28 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $79.28 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.75 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,180 workers across the globe.

Heartland Express' mailing address is 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA, 52317. The official website for the company is www.heartlandexpress.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (319) 626-3600 or via fax at 319-626-3311.