Heartland Express - HTLD Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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3 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Heartland Express' shares. Their HTLD share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $16.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $15.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $16.82 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, HTLD stock has decreased by 2.2% and is now trading at $16.45.
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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 quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 25th. The transportation company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.64. The transportation company had revenue of $187.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $164.27 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 21.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.49%. The business's revenue was up 21.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.26 EPS.

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 27th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Thursday, July 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 24th.
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Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.50%. 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 8.25% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Heartland Express announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Friday, August 20th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase 3,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are 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.

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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 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.39%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.36%), TD Asset Management Inc. (0.28%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.26%), Keeley Teton Advisors LLC (0.24%) and Royce & Associates LP (0.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, Brenda S Neville, David Paul Millis, James G Pratt, Larry J Gordon, Michael J Gerdin and Michael John Sullivan.
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Shares of HTLD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.45.

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) has a market capitalization of $1.30 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 was founded in 1978.

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.