Heartland Express, Inc., is a short- to medium-haul truck freight carrier in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.
| Revenue (TTM) | $719.24M |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $198.12M |
| EBITDA | $93.59M |
| Operating Margin | -3.08% |
| Return on Equity | -1.66% |
| Return on Assets | -2.14% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $9.29 |
| Book Value | $9.77 |
| Price-to-Book | 1.04 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 1.08 |
| EV/Revenue | 1.184 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.87 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -66.10% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | -8.70% |
| Shares Outstanding | $77.33M |
| Float | $53.87M |
| % Insiders | 51.47% |
| % Institutions | 52.47% |
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NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Nov. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (www.heartlandexpress.com) (HTLD) is pleased to announce that Chairman and CEO Michael Gerdin will ring the Closing Bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square on Tuesday, November 10.
Investors need to pay close attention to HTLD stock based on the movements in the options market lately.
Heartland Express is rated Hold with a bearish bias due to reliance on equipment sales for profitability, not core operations. HTLD's operating ratio remains above 100% without equipment gains, signaling ongoing core business weakness despite cost reductions and debt paydown. Stock trades near book value, but tangible book value is much lower; valuation appears stretched at ~23x 2027 EPS, with limited dividend yield.
Although the revenue and EPS for Heartland Express (HTLD) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Oct. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026. Three months ended September 30, 2026: Operating Revenue of $179.5 million , Net Income of $1.0 million , Basic Earnings per Share of $0.01 , Operating Ratio of 98.7% (a 500bp improvement to Q3 2025) and 97.6% Non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Ratio (1) , Purchased 183,371 shares of our common stock for $2.2 million, Payments of $35 million to reduce outstanding acquisition-related debt, Total Assets of $1.1 billion , including $48.5 million of Cash, Stockholders' Equity of $754.1 million.
Heartland Express (HTLD) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend.
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced that Chris Strain, Chief Financial Officer, will participate at the Morgan Stanley 14th Annual Laguna Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Heartland Express (HTLD) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
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