Heartland Express, Inc.
General ticker "HTLD" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Trucking
- Capitalization: $724.6M (TTM average)
Heartland Express, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 42.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.3%: low 10.98$, high 11.50$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-04-29 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-24, amount 0.02$ (Y0.69%)
- Total employees count: 5220 as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Driver shortages and increased compensation costs, Supply and demand imbalances affecting freight rates, Pandemic risks, Regulatory and compliance
- Price in estimated range
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: [7.36$, 12.09$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [7.35$, 12.10$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HTLD estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -18.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Negative: negative Operating income
- Positive: 6.68 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 12.52
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.61 <= 3.29
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.18
- Positive: 42.60 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 63.39 <= 64.25
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -3.64 <= -0.65
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
Short-term HTLD quotes
Long-term HTLD plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,248.55MM | $1,055.02MM | $805.71MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,206.16MM | $1,075.26MM | $867.58MM |
| Operating Income | $42.38MM | $-20.24MM | $-61.87MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-22.53MM | $-16.44MM | $-6.26MM |
| Interest Expense | $24.19MM | $17.58MM | $11.49MM |
| Income(Loss) | $19.85MM | $-36.67MM | $-68.13MM |
| Taxes | $5.08MM | $-6.95MM | $-15.68MM |
| Profit(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.