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Heartland Express

11.26 USD
-0.31
2.68%
At close Dec 20, 4:00 PM EST
After hours
11.26
+0.00
0.00%
1 day
-2.68%
5 days
-4.01%
1 month
-7.63%
3 months
-6.17%
6 months
-4.33%
Year to date
-19.17%
1 year
-17.33%
5 years
-45.94%
10 years
-58.22%
 

About: Heartland Express Inc is engaged in providing truckload services across the United States and Canada. These truckload services are asset-based transportation services in the dry van truckload market, and it also offers truckload temperature-controlled transportation services. The company's majority customers represent the consumer goods, appliances, food products, and automotive industries.

Employees: 6,320

0
Funds holding %
of 6,809 funds
Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

594% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $361K | Put options by funds: $52K

39% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 18

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 155 [Q2] → 162 (+7) [Q3]

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 58 | Existing positions reduced: 55

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q2] → 2 (+0) [Q3]

3% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $507M [Q2] → $490M (-$17.3M) [Q3]

1.57% less ownership

Funds ownership: 52.02% [Q2] → 50.45% (-1.57%) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$11
2%
downside
Avg. target
$11.50
2%
upside
High target
$12
7%
upside

2 analyst ratings

positive
0%
neutral
50%
negative
50%
Barclays
Brandon Oglenski
41% 1-year accuracy
26 / 64 met price target
2%downside
$11
Underweight
Maintained
13 Nov 2024
UBS
Thomas Wadewitz
36% 1-year accuracy
9 / 25 met price target
7%upside
$12
Neutral
Maintained
30 Oct 2024

Financial journalist opinion

Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 days ago
Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend. The $0.02 per share dividend will be paid on January 8, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2024. We currently estimate that a total of approximately $1.6 million will be paid on the Company's 78.5 million shares of common stock. This is the Company's eighty-sixth consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, the Company will have paid a total of $555.2 million in cash dividends, including four special dividends since the dividend program was implemented in the third quarter of 2003.
Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 weeks ago
Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conference
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced that Chris Strain, Chief Financial Officer, will participate at the 2024 UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conference
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Heartland Express (HTLD) Stock?
Investors need to pay close attention to Heartland Express (HTLD) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Heartland Express (HTLD) Stock?
Neutral
CNBC
1 month ago
Companies brace for Tuesday: Mentions of election surge on company conference calls
More companies are talking publicly with investors about the presidential election than in recent cycles.
Companies brace for Tuesday: Mentions of election surge on company conference calls
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Heartland Express (HTLD) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
The headline numbers for Heartland Express (HTLD) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Heartland Express (HTLD) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Heartland Express (HTLD) Reports Q3 Loss, Misses Revenue Estimates
Heartland Express (HTLD) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.12 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.02. This compares to loss of $0.14 per share a year ago.
Heartland Express (HTLD) Reports Q3 Loss, Misses Revenue Estimates
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Heartland Express, Inc. Reports Operating Results for the Third Quarter of 2024
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Heartland Express, Inc. Reports Operating Results for the Third Quarter of 2024
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Heartland Express (HTLD) May Report Negative Earnings: Know the Trend Ahead of Q3 Release
Heartland Express (HTLD) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Heartland Express (HTLD) May Report Negative Earnings: Know the Trend Ahead of Q3 Release
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 months ago
Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend. The $0.02 per share dividend will be paid on October 7, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 27, 2024. We currently estimate that a total of approximately $1.6 million will be paid on the Company's 78.5 million shares of common stock. This is the Company's eighty-fifth consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, the Company will have paid a total of $553.6 million in cash dividends, including four special dividends since the dividend program was implemented in the third quarter of 2003.
Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 months ago
Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conference
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced that Chris Strain, Chief Financial Officer, will participate at the Morgan Stanley 12th Annual Laguna Conference on Thursday, September 12, 2024.
Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conference
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