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Heartland Express (HTLD) Competitors

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HTLD vs. HUBG, JBHT, LSTR, MRTN, WERN, KNX, SNDR, HTZ, FRPH, and ODFL

Should you be buying Heartland Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heartland Express include Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Schneider National (SNDR), Hertz Global (HTZ), FRP (FRPH), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL).

Heartland Express vs. Its Competitors

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

53.5% of Heartland Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. 40.7% of Heartland Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Hub Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hub Group has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Heartland Express' net margin of -2.86%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.01% beat Heartland Express' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heartland Express-2.86% -3.46% -2.09%
Hub Group 2.69%7.01%4.10%

In the previous week, Hub Group had 6 more articles in the media than Heartland Express. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hub Group and 5 mentions for Heartland Express. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Heartland Express' score of 0.52 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heartland Express
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hub Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Heartland Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heartland Express$1.05B0.69-$29.72M-$0.36-25.61
Hub Group$3.95B0.55$103.99M$1.7020.97

Heartland Express currently has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. Hub Group has a consensus price target of $42.01, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Hub Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Heartland Express.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heartland Express
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60
Hub Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Heartland Express has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hub Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Heartland Express pays out -22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hub Group pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Hub Group beats Heartland Express on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HTLD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HTLD vs. The Competition

MetricHeartland ExpressTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$743.90M$7.33B$7.30B$9.11B
Dividend Yield0.84%1.17%922.82%4.02%
P/E Ratio-25.6136.7013.2520.25
Price / Sales0.691.58363.0999.65
Price / Cash4.8610.337.6558.16
Price / Book0.883.612.145.49
Net Income-$29.72M$167.24M$563.51M$250.27M
7 Day Performance1.04%-0.60%2.19%4.80%
1 Month Performance4.06%8.05%5.91%7.68%
1 Year Performance-24.12%-3.31%4.63%16.36%

Heartland Express Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.1382 of 5 stars
$9.22
-2.6%
$9.75
+5.7%
-23.4%$743.90M$1.05B-25.615,700
HUBG
Hub Group
4.1778 of 5 stars
$34.80
-2.7%
$43.51
+25.0%
-18.0%$2.19B$3.95B20.476,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.2985 of 5 stars
$149.56
-2.2%
$163.19
+9.1%
-6.0%$15.16B$12.09B27.1433,646Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LSTR
Landstar System
4.1313 of 5 stars
$142.54
-2.3%
$152.00
+6.6%
-19.8%$5.10B$4.82B28.231,441Analyst Forecast
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.3661 of 5 stars
$13.30
-2.6%
$19.00
+42.9%
-20.1%$1.11B$963.71M49.263,776News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
WERN
Werner Enterprises
2.9856 of 5 stars
$28.30
-2.6%
$30.27
+6.9%
-18.1%$1.80B$3.03B97.599,287Analyst Forecast
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.1872 of 5 stars
$46.18
-2.6%
$53.25
+15.3%
-4.4%$7.68B$7.41B49.1335,300Analyst Forecast
SNDR
Schneider National
4.2513 of 5 stars
$25.34
-1.2%
$27.00
+6.6%
+11.8%$4.50B$5.29B36.2019,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.772 of 5 stars
$7.07
-3.0%
$4.53
-35.9%
+95.3%$2.25B$9.05B-0.7026,000Positive News
FRPH
FRP
1.2008 of 5 stars
$26.77
-1.7%
N/A-8.0%$519.94M$41.77M74.3610Trending News
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.6347 of 5 stars
$164.31
-3.9%
$175.05
+6.5%
-10.2%$36.14B$5.73B30.8321,895Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:HTLD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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