Heartland Express, Inc [NASDAQ: HTLD] traded at a high on 2025-08-29, posting a 0.12 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $8.59.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 355416 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Heartland Express, Inc stands at 2.36% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.84%.
The market cap for HTLD stock reached $664.94 million, with 77.57 million shares outstanding and 42.90 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 587.13K shares, HTLD reached a trading volume of 355416 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for HTLD shares is $9.20 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on HTLD stock is a recommendation set at 3.67. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Robert W. Baird have made an estimate for Heartland Express, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on July 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS dropped their target price from $15 to $13. The new note on the price target was released on July 09, 2024, representing the official price target for Heartland Express, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $12 to $10, while JP Morgan kept a Underweight rating on HTLD stock. On November 11, 2022, analysts increased their price target for HTLD shares from 17 to 18.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.85, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.30.
How has HTLD stock performed recently?
Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.94. With this latest performance, HTLD shares gained by 9.85% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -16.76% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -23.44% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for HTLD stock in for the last two-week period is set at 55.16, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.30, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.31 for Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 8.48, while it was recorded at 8.58 for the last single week of trading, and 9.75 for the last 200 days.
Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD] shares currently have an operating margin of -4.77% and a Gross Margin at 1.86%. Heartland Express, Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -3.85%.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis
According to recent financial data for Heartland Express, Inc. ( HTLD), the Return on Equity (ROE) stands at -4.42%, reflecting a slight decline for investors. The Return on Assets (ROA) is -2.64%, reflecting the company’s efficiency in generating profits from its assets. Additionally, Heartland Express, Inc’s Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is -3.70%, showcasing its effectiveness in deploying capital for earnings.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
Based on Heartland Express, Inc’s (HTLD) latest financial statements, the Debt-to-Equity Ratio is 0.25%, indicating its reliance on debt financing relative to shareholder equity.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
Earnings analysis for Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Heartland Express, Inc posted -0.12/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at -0.01/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.11. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for HTLD.
Insider trade positions for Heartland Express, Inc [HTLD]
There are presently around $51.82%, or 109.12%% of HTLD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of HTLD stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 7.09 million shares, which is approximately 8.9792%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 5.03 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$62.06 million in HTLD stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$40.64 million in HTLD stock with ownership which is approximately 4.1771%.
