NASDAQ:HTLDHeartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HTLD shares have increased by 26.2% and is now trading at $21.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Heartland Express.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Heartland Express.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The transportation company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $166.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $164.93 million. Heartland Express had a return on equity of 10.22% and a net margin of 11.05%. The business's revenue was up 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.21 EPS. View Heartland Express' earnings history.

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 19th. View Heartland Express' dividend history.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' stock price to reach $21.17 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%. View analysts' price targets for Heartland Express.

News stories about HTLD stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutHeartland Express.

Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include 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.

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).

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

Heartland Express' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.68%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (4.77%), State Street Corp (1.99%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.48%), Invesco Ltd. (1.19%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.93%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Brenda S Neville, Kent Daryl Rigdon, Larry J Gordon and Michael John Sullivan. View institutional ownership trends for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, and Deutsche Bank AG. View insider buying and selling activity for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Aviva PLC, State Street Corp, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Brenda S Neville, and Michael John Sullivan. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $21.49.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.75 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.

The official website for Heartland Express is 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.