Heartland Express Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,880,000 shares, a decrease of 31.6% from the March 31st total of 2,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 397,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Currently, 4.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Heartland Express is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 15th 2021.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 20th. The transportation company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.01. Heartland Express had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.44% and a net margin of 10.04%.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $17.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HTLD shares have increased by 8.0% and is now trading at $18.39.
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Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Thursday, April 1st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 19th.
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Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.42%. Heartland Express does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Heartland Express is 8.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Heartland Express will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.69% next year. This indicates that Heartland Express will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Express' stock price to reach $21.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% 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), Landstar System (LSTR), Saia (SAIA), 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.06%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.52%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (1.33%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.42%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (0.42%) and Sei Investments Co. (0.30%). Company insiders that own Heartland Express stock include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, Brenda S Neville, 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 BlackRock Inc., Heartland Advisors Inc., GSA Capital Partners LLP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Acadian Asset Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Hills Bank & Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Express company stock in the last year include Ann S Gerdin Revocable Trust, and Michael J Gerdin.
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HTLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sei Investments Co., Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., Dean Capital Management, Dean Investment Associates LLC, CWM Advisors LLC, and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Express stock in the last two years include Brenda S Neville, 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 $18.39.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.47 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 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.