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HTLD

Heartland Express, Inc.

HTLD

NASDAQ·Industrials·Trucking·Mkt cap $1.2B

$14.90

▼ -1.72%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$7.00 - $16.64

P/E

-26.50

Fwd P/E

546.33

Beta

1.31

Div Yield

0.53%

Avg Vol

554.9K

Shares Out

77.5M

Mkt Cap

$1.2B

Price action

Price chart

Up 67.1% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Regional expertise in profitable short-to-medium haul segment with superior margins
  • Dual-brand operational model (Heartland Express and Millis Transfer) for market diversification
  • Established customer relationships with major retailers and manufacturers across multiple industries
  • Asset-based fleet model providing operational control and service consistency
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Bear Case

2 risks

  • Average volatility.
  • Extreme premium - high expectations embedded

Growth

Turning profitable

E-commerce and retail expansion driving increased freight demand

Value

Extreme premium - high expectations embedded

Momentum

Hot

+42.5% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Mixed fundamentals

Dividend

Modest

0.53% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 16, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

APR 23, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.06 vs -$0.13 consensus (+53.9% surprise). Revenue of $176.3M vs $175.2M expected (+0.6%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +53.9%
Rev beat +0.6%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+53.9%

Next: Apr 16, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-12%

-19%

-23%

-24%

-26%

-20%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$274.8M

$259.9M

$242.6M

$219.4M

$210.4M

$196.5M

$179.4M

$176.3M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

0.1%

Operating

-6.0%

Profit

-2.7%

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Wall Street consensus

4 analysts · 25% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

1

25%

Hold

1

25%

Sell

2

50%

Median Price Target

$12.00

▼ -19.5% vs $14.90

Low $12.00
Median $12.00
High $15.00

Latest: Barclays · Jun 25, 2026

3 analysts covering

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vs Industry

How HTLD stacks vs Trucking

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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