Heartland Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Heartland Express stock. 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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Heartland Express saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,390,000 shares, a decline of 20.6% from the June 30th total of 1,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 332,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Heartland Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 15th 2021.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.26. The transportation company earned $154.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.27 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 11.66% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.01%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.24 EPS.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HTLD stock has increased by 0.3% and is now trading at $17.08.
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Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 21st will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 18th.
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Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.47%. Heartland Express does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Heartland Express is 9.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Heartland Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.77% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' stock price to reach $21.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.9% from the stock's current price.
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124 employees have rated Heartland Express CEO Michael Gerdin on Glassdoor.com. Michael Gerdin has an approval rating of 69% among Heartland Express' employees.

Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), AMERCO (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Saia (SAIA), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN) and FRP (FRPH).
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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 shareholders include Granite Investment Partners LLC (0.23%), Hills Bank & Trust Co (0.10%), Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.09%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.07%), Lesa Sroufe & Co (0.07%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.05%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express 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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HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Hills Bank & Trust Co.
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HTLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lesa Sroufe & Co, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Victory Capital Management Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Granite Investment Partners LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, and Ziegler Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Brenda S Neville, David Paul Millis, James G Pratt, and Michael John Sullivan.
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Shares of HTLD 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 $17.08.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion and generates $645.26 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $70.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.87 on an earnings per share basis.

Heartland Express employs 3,780 workers across the globe.

The official website for Heartland Express is www.heartlandexpress.com.

Heartland Express is headquartered at 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA, 52317.

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.