Heartland Express, Inc.
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Range $12 – $15
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About the company
Heartland Express, Inc. , operating with its subsidiaries, functions as a transportation company primarily focusing on short to medium-distance truckload freight across the United States and Canada. The firm's main services encompass extensive asset-based dry van truckload hauling, covering the entire contiguous U.
- CEO
- Michael J. Gerdin
- IPO
- 1986
- Employees
- 3,630
- HQ
- North Liberty, IA, US
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- Market Cap
- $956.22M
- P/E
- -43.73
- Fwd P/E
- 66.56
- PEG
- 3.69
- P/S
- 1.30
- P/B
- 1.26
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.17
- Div Yield
- 0.65%
- Gross Margin
- 7.49%
- Op Margin
- -6.67%
- Net Margin
- -2.98%
- ROE
- -2.89%
- ROIC
- -4.01%
Latest fiscal year · YoY change
- Revenue
- $805.71M-23.1%
- Gross Profit
- $67.54M-38.7%
- Op Income
- $-61,867,000
- Net Income
- $-52,453,000-76.5%
- EPS
- $-0.67-76.3%
- OCF Growth
- -38.1%
- FCF Growth
- -292.0%
- 52W High
- $16.64
- 52W Low
- $7.00
- 50D MA
- $14.21
- 200D MA
- $11.58
- Beta
- 1.33
- RSI (14)
- 38
- Avg Volume
- 695.53K
No earnings-call transcripts are available for HTLD yet.
- Free Float
- 60.4%
- Shares Outstanding
- 77.49M
- Float Shares
- 46.79M
of shares held by institutions
180 13F filers
Buy/sell ratio 1.43. Sells can include pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sales, not just discretionary selling.
Congressional trading
Senate and House stock disclosures for HTLD, newest first.
Source: public STOCK Act disclosures. Filed weeks after the trade — a lagging signal, not a real-time one.
Top institutional holders
Largest 13F positions, with quarter-over-quarter change.
| Holder | Shares | Δ Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Blackrock, Inc. | 6.87M | ▲ 76.13K |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 4.00M | ▲ 129.91K |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 3.03M | ▼ 860.92K |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 2.07M | ▼ 175.06K |
| State Street Corp | 1.98M | ▼ 85.95K |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1.74M | ▼ 95.17K |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 1.37M | ▲ 785.72K |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 1.37M | ▼ 68.43K |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1.17M | ▼ 9.36K |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1.10M | ▲ 112.56K |
| Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 973.50K | ▲ 973.50K |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 973.50K | ▼ 116.05K |
Held by 217 ETFs
Biggest fund positions in HTLD by dollar value.
Recent insider transactions
Who's buying, who's selling, and how much.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 26 | Millis David Paul | sell | 31,402 |
| Jun 10, 26 | SPALDING DAVID P | buy | 2,000 |
| May 19, 26 | GERDIN MICHAEL J | other | 4,474,456 |
| May 19, 26 | GERDIN MICHAEL J | other | 4,474,456 |
| May 19, 26 | Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust | other | 4,474,456 |
| May 15, 26 | Helmich Joshua Stefan | other | 500 |
| May 15, 26 | Helmich Joshua Stefan | other | 167 |
| May 15, 26 | Strain Christopher Alan | other | 500 |
| May 15, 26 | Rigdon Kent Daryl | other | 500 |
| May 15, 26 | Rigdon Kent Daryl | other | 167 |
A “Sell” may be a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sale rather than a discretionary decision — read insider selling with that in mind.
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