Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) is -24.60% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $7.11 and a high of $13.67 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HTLD stock was last observed hovering at around $8.36 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.1%.
Currently trading at $8.46, the stock is 4.86% and -4.40% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.1 million and changing 1.20% at the moment leaves the stock -23.36% off its SMA200. HTLD registered -22.67% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -22.24%.
The stock witnessed a -3.31% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -25.59%, and is 8.46% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.23% over the week and 4.20% over the month.
Fwd P/E is 21.90. Profit margin for the company is -2.86%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.07% and -38.11% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.85%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 52.12% this year.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 78.54M, and float is at 44.10M with Short Float at 2.42%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 7.09 million shares valued at $87.37 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.9792% of the HTLD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.03 million shares valued at $62.06 million to account for 6.3782 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 3.3 million shares representing 4.1771% and valued at over $40.64 million, while ARROWMARK COLORADO HOLDINGS LLC holds 3.9968 of the shares totaling 3.15 million with a market value of $38.89 million.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust, the company’s Co-Trustee of 10% Owner. SEC filings show that Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust bought 148,272 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $7.70 per share for a total of $1.14 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 1.05 million shares.
Heartland Express, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 06 ’25 that Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust (Co-Trustee of 10% Owner) bought a total of 148,272 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 06 ’25 and was made at $7.60 per share for $1.13 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.6 million shares of the HTLD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 08 ’25, Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust (Co-Trustee of 10% Owner) acquired 100,149 shares at an average price of $8.23 for $0.82 million. The insider now directly holds 1,700,249 shares of Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD).
