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

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

Heartland Express declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, December 20th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. View Heartland Express' Dividend History.

Heartland Express declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Friday, May 11th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The transportation company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.07. The transportation company had revenue of $167.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $170.47 million. Heartland Express had a net margin of 12.23% and a return on equity of 11.18%. The company's revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 brokerages have issued 12-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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% 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 articles about HTLD stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sib LLC (0.30%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.16%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.15%), Hills Bank & Trust Co. (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.04%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Sib LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Hills Bank & Trust Co. and CWM Advisors LLC. 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 $19.15.

Heartland Express has a market capitalization of $1.57 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 3,450 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.