Heartland Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 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, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 15th 2021.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.26. The transportation company earned $154.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $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 (WHO). Since then, HTLD stock has decreased by 4.7% and is now trading at $16.23.
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Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, October 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 31st.
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Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.50%. 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 8.08% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Heartland Express announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 20th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase 3,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' share price to reach $21.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.4% 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), Saia (SAIA), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.18%), American Century Companies Inc. (9.54%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.44%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.81%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (3.00%) and State Street Corp (2.47%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express 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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HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Invesco Ltd..
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HTLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Vanguard Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Tudor Investment Corp Et Al, and Millennium 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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One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.23.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.29 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.

Heartland Express was founded in 1978.

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.