NASDAQ:HTLD - Heartland Express Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 9th. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

Heartland Express announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, May 11th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.07. The transportation company earned $167.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $170.47 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 14.33% and a return on equity of 12.84%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.27 earnings per share. View Heartland Express' Earnings History.

Heartland Express is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Express.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Heartland Express' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Heartland Express' stock price to reach $20.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Express.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Express.

News headlines about HTLD stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Express earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Heartland Express.

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), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Saia (SAIA), Hertz Global (HTZ), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH) and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS).

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), Continental Resources (CLR), Express (EXPR), Transocean (RIG), Southwest Airlines (LUV) and Baidu (BIDU).

Heartland Express' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sib LLC (0.30%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.01%) and CWM Advisors LLC (0.01%). 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 Sib LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, CWM Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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.

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 $19.50.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.60 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.