Heartland Express Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:HTLD)

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

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 10th. Investors of record on Friday, September 20th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

Heartland Express announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Friday, May 11th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The transportation company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $142.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $144.93 million. Heartland Express had a return on equity of 13.01% and a net margin of 14.00%. The business's revenue was down 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.22 earnings per share. View Heartland Express' Earnings History.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Express.

4 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Heartland Express' stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' share price to reach $21.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Express.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Express.

Headlines about HTLD stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Heartland Express.

Heartland Express saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,905,100 shares, a decline of 9.5% from the July 31st total of 3,208,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 393,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.4 days. Currently, 6.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Heartland Express' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Heartland Express include Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Schneider National (SNDR), Saia (SAIA), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), US Xpress Enterprises (USX), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), USA Truck (USAK) and Celadon Group (CGIP).

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), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR) and Southwest Airlines (LUV).

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.62%), Vanguard Group Inc. (5.62%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.32%), Invesco Ltd. (0.99%), Northern Trust Corp (0.83%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.79%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Kent Daryl Rigdon, Larry J Gordon, Michael John Sullivan and Tahira K Hira. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp DE, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, GW&K Investment Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Express company stock in the last year include Kent Daryl Rigdon and Larry J Gordon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Express.

HTLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Morgan Stanley, Vanguard Group Inc., Man Group plc and Citadel Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Michael John Sullivan and Tahira K Hira. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $21.44.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.76 billion and generates $610.80 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $72.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.88 on an earnings per share basis. Heartland Express employs 3,450 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Heartland Express.

The official website for Heartland Express is http://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.