Heartland Express, Inc.
General ticker "HTLD" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Trucking
- Capitalization: $846.1M (TTM average)
Heartland Express, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 49.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 10.70$, high 11.11$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-10-29 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-09-25, amount 0.02$ (Y0.73%)
- Total employees count: 4560 (-12.6%) as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Driver shortages, Customer concentration, Market competition, Regulatory and compliance
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [8.04$, 12.67$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [8.00$, 12.68$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HTLD estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -13.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -13.52 < Operating profit margin, % of -6.48
- Positive: 5.56 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.84
- Positive: 11.37 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 12.51
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -3.64 <= -2.60
- Positive: 58.56 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 63.39 <= 69.38
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.61 <= 2.54
- Positive: -4.55 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -1.98
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,207.46MM | $1,055.02MM | $829.15MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,165.07MM | $1,075.26MM | $886.57MM |
| Operating Income | $42.38MM | $-20.24MM | $-57.41MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-22.53MM | $-16.44MM | $-10.72MM |
| Interest Expense | $24.19MM | $17.58MM | $11.49MM |
| Income(Loss) | $19.85MM | $-36.67MM | $-68.13MM |
| Taxes | $5.08MM | $-6.95MM | $-15.68MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $14.78MM | $-29.72MM | $-52.45MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $865.26MM | $822.60MM | $755.32MM |
| Assets | $1,509.65MM | $1,334.19MM | $1,191.62MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $165.27MM | $144.35MM | $89.31MM |
| Capital expenditure | $208.60MM | $109.54MM | $156.17MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-67.87MM | $-46.54MM | $-26.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-120.69MM | $-112.71MM | $-58.15MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.19 | $-0.38 | $-0.67 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.