Heartland Express - HTLD Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Express in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HTLD shares. 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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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Heartland Express' shares. Their HTLD share price forecasts range from $14.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $16.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Express' stock was trading at $15.34 at the start of the year. Since then, HTLD stock has increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $15.92.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 20th 2023.
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Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) released its earnings results on Friday, February, 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.10. The transportation company had revenue of $354.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $332.23 million. Heartland Express had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.41% and a net margin of 13.80%. The firm's revenue was up 138.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.26 EPS.

Heartland Express announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 28th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, April 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.50%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 27th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) stock in their portfolio include Conductor Global Equity Value ETF (CGV), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV), SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT), iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI).

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.51%. The dividend payout ratio is 4.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLD will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.30% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Heartland Express announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Friday, August 20th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase 3,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

124 employees have rated Heartland Express Chief Executive Officer Michael Gerdin on Glassdoor.com. Michael Gerdin has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

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

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One share of HTLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.92.

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) has a market capitalization of $1.26 billion and generates $968 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $133.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.69 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,500 workers across the globe.

Heartland Express' mailing address is 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA, 52317. The official website for the company is www.heartlandexpress.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (319) 626-3600 or via fax at 319-626-3311.