NASDAQ:HTLD Heartland Express Stock Forecast, Price & 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 $19.08 +0.42 (+2.25 %) (As of 09/28/2020 12:00 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$18.65Now: $19.08▼$19.1350-Day Range$18.47MA: $20.19▼$21.1152-Week Range$15.65Now: $19.08▼$22.75Volume789,508 shsAverage Volume378,636 shsMarket Capitalization$1.55 billionP/E Ratio23.56Dividend Yield0.43%Beta0.51 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial 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™ 2.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingHeartland Express has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 2 sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $21.40, Heartland Express has a forecasted upside of 12.2% from its current price of $19.08.Amount of Analyst CoverageHeartland Express has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 1.8 Community Rank Outperform VotesHeartland Express has received 344 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesHeartland Express has received 627 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentHeartland Express has received 64.57% “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 0.43%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthHeartland Express has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.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 8.16% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 2.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Heartland Express insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $75,075,000.00 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 Institutions53.24% 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 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Heartland Express are expected to grow by 19.51% in the coming year, from $0.82 to $0.98 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Heartland Express is 23.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 18.67.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Heartland Express is 23.56, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 19.12.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHeartland Express has a P/B Ratio of 2.29. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.0Community Rank: 1.8Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 2.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.62 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 Ratio2.37 Quick Ratio2.37Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio23.56 Forward P/E Ratio23.27 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$596.82 million Price / Sales2.60 Cash Flow$2.05 per share Price / Cash Flow9.33 Book Value$8.35 per share Price / Book2.29Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.89 Net Income$72.97 million Net Margins10.23% Return on Equity9.57% Return on Assets7.12%Miscellaneous Employees4,050 Outstanding Shares81,371,000Market Cap$1.55 billion Next Earnings Date11/4/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $19.08 +0.42 (+2.25 %) (As of 09/28/2020 12:00 AM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart 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 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HTLD shares have increased by 12.0% and is now trading at $19.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Heartland Express? 5 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 2 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 Wednesday, November 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Heartland Express. How were Heartland Express' earnings last quarter? Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.10. The transportation company earned $160.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $152.39 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 10.23% and a return on equity of 9.57%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.27 EPS. View Heartland Express' earnings history. How often does Heartland Express pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Heartland Express? Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 18th. View Heartland Express' dividend history. What price target have analysts set for HTLD? 5 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' stock price to reach $21.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Heartland Express. Are investors shorting Heartland Express? Heartland Express saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 860,700 shares, a decline of 21.0% from the August 31st total of 1,090,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 422,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Heartland Express' Short Interest. Who are some of Heartland Express' key competitors? Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J B Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Nikola (NKLA), 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), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and Transocean (RIG). 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 $19.08. How big of a company is Heartland Express? Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.55 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. 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