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Heartland Express Inc

Heartland Express Inc

HTLD · NASDAQ · Industrials / Trucking

10.47USD+0.11 (+1.06%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close10.36
Open10.41
Day Range10.33 – 10.52
52-Week Range6.95 – 16.59
Volume328.20K
Market Cap873.86M
P/E (TTM)0.00
Forward P/E21.05
EPS-0.28
Dividend Yield0.70%
Beta1.33
50-Day Avg12.73
200-Day Avg12.13

About

Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides short, medium, and long-haul truckload carrier and transportation services in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload services for shippers; cross-border freight and other transportation services; and temperature-controlled truckload services. The company offers its services under the Heartland Express, Millis Transfer, Smith Transport, and CFI brand names. It primarily serves retailers, manufacturers, and parcel carriers in the consumer goods, appliances, food products, and automotive industries. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustryTrucking
  • CEOMr. Michael J. Gerdin
  • Employees3.63K
  • Headquarters901 Heartland Way, North Liberty, IA, United States, 52317, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.heartlandexpress.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Michael J. GerdinChairman of the Board, President & CEO · b. 1970
  • Mr. Christopher Alan Strain CPAVP of Finance, Treasurer & CFO · b. 1975
  • Mr. Kent Daryl RigdonChief Operating Officer · b. 1964
  • Mr. Joshua S. HelmichChief Administrative Officer & Secretary · b. 1976
  • Mr. Brian J. JanssenVice President of Sales

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue21.60M26.00M34.60M48.30M62.90M73.90M96.50M116.00M224.20M191.51M229.01M262.50M263.49M261.00M274.83M294.62M340.75M405.12M457.09M523.79M571.92M591.89M625.60M459.54M499.52M528.62M545.75M582.26M871.36M736.35M612.94M607.34M610.80M596.82M645.26M607.28M968.00M1.21B1.05B805.71M
Growth (%)-+20.37%+33.08%+39.60%+30.23%+17.49%+30.58%+20.21%+93.28%-14.58%+19.58%+14.62%+0.38%-0.94%+5.30%+7.20%+15.66%+18.89%+12.83%+14.59%+9.19%+3.49%+5.69%-26.54%+8.70%+5.83%+3.24%+6.69%+49.65%-15.49%-16.76%-0.91%+0.57%-2.29%+8.12%-5.89%+59.40%+24.74%-13.25%-23.08%
Cost of Revenue5.30M10.30M15.60M24.90M29.20M34.10M18.60M14.70M149.80M171.36M236.73M127.20M248.43M230.90M215.90M204.68M214.84M196.01M220.87M245.88M261.98M161.80M190.37M139.58M382.95M414.32M424.77M455.11M696.96M580.52M478.70M504.55M484.77M474.69M497.80M479.05M767.31M1.06B937.35M738.16M
Gross Profit16.30M15.70M19.00M23.40M33.70M39.80M77.90M101.30M74.40M20.14M-7.71M135.30M15.06M30.11M58.92M89.94M125.91M209.11M236.21M277.92M309.94M430.09M435.23M319.96M116.56M114.30M120.98M127.14M174.40M155.83M134.24M102.78M126.03M122.13M147.46M128.24M200.69M145.28M110.16M67.54M
Gross Margin75.46%60.38%54.91%48.45%53.58%53.86%80.73%87.33%33.18%10.52%-3.37%51.54%5.72%11.54%21.44%30.53%36.95%51.62%51.68%53.06%54.19%72.66%69.57%69.63%23.34%21.62%22.17%21.84%20.01%21.16%21.90%16.92%20.63%20.46%22.85%21.12%20.73%12.03%10.52%8.38%
Operating Expense10.40M9.10M9.30M12.20M19.20M21.90M55.10M73.80M47.40M224.40M-44.60M80.10M-30.98M306.63M303.77M37.32M63.86M124.01M400.29M173.80M472.89M283.42M288.67M240.99M25.11M7.74M26.08M14.84M42.53M39.25M48.67M39.24M36.25M27.86M54.04M22.83M109.24M143.98M137.90M129.41M
Operating Income5.90M6.60M9.70M11.20M14.50M17.90M22.80M27.50M27.00M-204.25M36.89M55.20M46.04M-276.53M-244.84M52.62M62.05M85.10M-164.07M104.11M-162.95M146.67M146.56M78.96M91.45M106.56M94.90M112.30M131.87M116.58M85.57M63.54M89.79M94.28M93.42M105.41M91.45M1.30M-27.74M-61.87M
Operating Margin27.31%25.38%28.03%23.19%23.05%24.22%23.63%23.71%12.04%-106.66%16.11%21.03%17.47%-105.95%-89.09%17.86%18.21%21.01%-35.90%19.88%-28.49%24.78%23.43%17.18%18.31%20.16%17.39%19.29%15.13%15.83%13.96%10.46%14.70%15.80%14.48%17.36%9.45%0.11%-2.65%-7.68%
EBITDA7.50M8.40M11.80M13.90M18.70M23.10M29.90M36.20M47.10M-188.35M50.84M72.69M65.27M-259.21M-227.63M70.40M82.44M112.02M-134.43M142.36M-115.58M195.22M192.67M137.69M140.08M165.21M153.40M182.41M241.69M228.64M191.63M168.58M193.25M199.16M204.64M210.28M322.69M243.08M162.43M102.56M
EBITDA Margin34.72%32.31%34.10%28.78%29.73%31.26%30.98%31.21%21.01%-98.35%22.20%27.69%24.77%-99.31%-82.82%23.89%24.19%27.65%-29.41%27.18%-20.21%32.98%30.80%29.96%28.04%31.25%28.11%31.33%27.74%31.05%31.26%27.76%31.64%33.37%31.71%34.63%33.34%20.13%15.51%12.73%
Net Income3.00M3.50M5.00M5.90M7.30M9.00M11.60M14.70M10.10M20.59M25.03M30.10M33.11M33.12M34.30M37.66M42.81M57.22M62.45M71.91M87.17M76.17M69.97M56.95M62.22M69.93M61.54M70.58M84.83M73.06M56.39M75.17M72.68M72.97M70.81M79.28M133.58M14.78M-29.72M-52.45M
Net Income Margin13.89%13.46%14.45%12.22%11.61%12.18%12.02%12.67%4.50%10.75%10.93%11.47%12.57%12.69%12.48%12.78%12.56%14.12%13.66%13.73%15.24%12.87%11.18%12.39%12.46%13.23%11.28%12.12%9.74%9.92%9.20%12.38%11.90%12.23%10.97%13.05%13.80%1.22%-2.84%-6.51%
R&D------------------------00000000--------
R&D as % of Total Revenue------------------------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%--------
Interest Expense000000000000000000000000000208.00K446.00K19.00K0175.00K175.00K1.05M125.21M179.75M8.55M24.19M17.58M11.49M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.04%0.05%0.00%0.00%0.03%0.03%0.18%19.40%29.60%0.88%2.00%1.68%1.43%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1986-12-311987-12-311988-12-311989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets12.40M17.80M24.60M33.00M44.10M57.00M75.90M94.90M136.40M158.15M191.50M225.47M256.83M246.49M268.06M314.24M373.11M448.41M517.01M573.51M669.07M526.29M557.71M551.16M506.04M525.67M467.74M724.84M759.99M736.03M738.23M789.13M806.21M898.93M951.18M928.54M1.67B1.51B1.33B1.19B
Total Liabilities2.90M4.70M6.50M9.00M12.40M16.30M23.50M27.80M58.30M59.51M67.84M71.73M69.98M71.65M72.92M81.45M95.52M115.69M127.67M140.26M174.05M183.53M197.68M183.49M171.85M184.90M177.37M327.19M283.41M266.10M232.40M214.48M190.24M214.27M226.84M201.44M814.01M644.39M511.59M436.30M
Total Equity9.50M13.10M18.10M24.00M31.70M40.70M52.40M67.10M78.10M98.64M123.67M153.74M186.85M174.84M195.13M232.79M277.59M332.72M390.17M433.25M495.02M342.76M360.04M367.67M334.19M340.77M290.36M397.65M476.59M469.93M505.83M574.64M615.97M684.66M724.33M727.10M855.48M865.26M822.60M755.32M
Cash3.40M3.70M7.50M3.30M4.60M5.90M6.10M8.00M10.20M46.16M59.59M76.24M143.43M126.21M128.03M120.79M109.40M127.89M1.61M5.37M8.46M7.96M56.65M52.35M121.12M139.77M119.84M17.76M17.30M33.23M128.51M75.38M161.45M76.68M113.85M157.74M50.21M28.12M12.81M18.48M
Total Debt--------1.20M705.44K-----------------75.00M24.60M-----31.03M-433.96M317.44M208.61M161.42M
Net Debt-3.40M-3.70M-7.50M-3.30M-4.60M-5.90M-6.10M-8.00M-9.00M-45.46M-59.59M-76.24M-143.43M-126.21M-128.03M-120.79M-109.40M-127.89M-1.61M-5.37M-8.46M-7.96M-56.65M-52.35M-121.12M-139.77M-119.84M57.24M7.30M-33.23M-128.51M-75.38M-161.45M-76.68M-113.85M-157.74M384.50M289.32M195.80M142.94M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1989-12-311990-12-311991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow9.20M12.50M18.10M19.80M25.40M42.60M38.11M48.31M46.76M52.74M45.61M49.91M61.25M67.88M97.08M103.52M104.94M128.07M119.60M121.81M101.10M98.61M99.08M102.17M111.23M172.45M190.47M155.78M109.54M146.54M146.37M178.85M123.42M194.71M165.27M144.35M89.31M
Investing Cash Flow-7.10M-11.50M-16.70M-19.70M-23.50M14.30M-1.46M-34.18M-11.57M14.46M-17.71M-34.09M-68.49M-79.28M-57.92M-136.03M-72.81M-115.55M103.63M-27.12M-52.77M68.11M-16.93M-5.98M-133.51M-115.48M-67.21M-39.16M-132.50M-37.81M-132.79M-111.05M-2.65M-663.26M-67.87M-46.54M-26.00M
Financing Cash Flow-300.00K----56.10M-450.53K-705.44K-18.54M--45.13M-14.01M---998.26K-4.50M-28.38M-9.43M-223.72M-46.00M-52.63M-97.94M-63.50M-116.12M-79.80M-57.43M-107.33M-21.34M-30.17M-31.89M-100.44M-32.74M-78.14M359.26M-120.69M-112.71M-58.15M
Capital Expenditure10.70M14.90M7.60M18.30M15.90M3.70M382.18K7.49M22.38M5.51M18.61M36.34M29.10M58.47M47.06M43.90M49.16M76.06M43.58M35.95M79.12M14.55M126.26M66.81M135.19M204.97M217.25M86.09M184.11M169.28M163.78M204.34M132.64M160.57M208.60M109.54M156.17M
Free Cash Flow-1.50M-2.40M10.50M1.50M9.50M38.90M37.73M40.82M24.38M47.22M27.00M13.58M32.15M9.41M50.02M59.62M55.79M52.02M76.02M85.86M21.98M84.06M-27.18M35.36M-23.96M-32.52M-26.78M69.69M-74.58M-22.73M-17.41M-25.49M-9.22M34.15M-43.33M34.81M-66.85M
Dividends Paid--------------998.26K4.50M5.96M6.88M204.34M9.60M7.27M97.94M7.15M91.93M6.86M7.03M6.94M6.67M6.67M6.59M6.56M6.50M45.87M6.32M6.32M4.72M6.24M
FCF to OCF-16.30%-19.20%58.01%7.58%37.40%91.31%99.00%84.49%52.13%89.55%59.19%27.20%52.48%13.87%51.52%57.59%53.16%40.62%63.56%70.49%21.74%85.24%-27.43%34.61%-21.54%-18.86%-14.06%44.74%-68.08%-15.51%-11.89%-14.25%-7.47%17.54%-26.22%24.12%-74.85%
Dividend Paid to FCF--------------2.00%7.54%10.68%13.23%268.80%11.18%33.08%116.52%-26.30%259.98%-28.64%-21.63%-25.92%9.56%-8.94%-28.98%-37.70%-25.51%-497.42%18.50%-14.59%13.56%-9.34%

Earnings

Report DateApr 18, 1996Jul 18, 1996Oct 17, 1996Jan 27, 1997Apr 17, 1997Jul 17, 1997Oct 16, 1997Jan 22, 1998Apr 22, 1998Jul 17, 1998Oct 15, 1998Jan 26, 1999Apr 15, 1999Jul 15, 1999Oct 14, 1999Jan 24, 2000Apr 18, 2000Jul 18, 2000Oct 18, 2000Jan 23, 2001Apr 17, 2001Jul 17, 2001Oct 16, 2001Jan 14, 2002Apr 18, 2002Jul 17, 2002Oct 16, 2002Jan 22, 2003Apr 17, 2003Jul 16, 2003Oct 21, 2003Jan 23, 2004Apr 15, 2004Jul 22, 2004Oct 18, 2004Jan 18, 2005Apr 14, 2005Jul 18, 2005Oct 20, 2005Jan 18, 2006Apr 17, 2006Jul 18, 2006Oct 18, 2006Jan 25, 2007Apr 19, 2007Jul 19, 2007Oct 23, 2007Jan 24, 2008Apr 22, 2008Jul 22, 2008Oct 20, 2008Jan 22, 2009Apr 15, 2009Jul 14, 2009Oct 20, 2009Jan 27, 2010Apr 19, 2010Jul 19, 2010Oct 20, 2010Jan 20, 2011Apr 20, 2011Jul 19, 2011Oct 25, 2011Jan 20, 2012Apr 17, 2012Jul 19, 2012Oct 11, 2012Jan 23, 2013Apr 16, 2013Jul 19, 2013Oct 16, 2013Feb 4, 2014Apr 23, 2014Jul 22, 2014Oct 24, 2014Feb 3, 2015Apr 22, 2015Jul 28, 2015Oct 27, 2015Jan 26, 2016Apr 26, 2016Jul 28, 2016Oct 20, 2016Jan 26, 2017Apr 21, 2017Aug 2, 2017Oct 27, 2017Feb 12, 2018Apr 25, 2018Jul 19, 2018Oct 17, 2018Jan 22, 2019Apr 18, 2019Jul 18, 2019Oct 30, 2019Jan 23, 2020Apr 21, 2020Jul 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020Jan 19, 2021Apr 21, 2021Jul 19, 2021Oct 14, 2021Jan 20, 2022Apr 21, 2022Jul 25, 2022Nov 2, 2022Feb 3, 2023Apr 27, 2023Jul 31, 2023Oct 26, 2023Jan 31, 2024Apr 23, 2024Jul 23, 2024Oct 29, 2024Jan 28, 2025Apr 30, 2025Jul 24, 2025Oct 31, 2025Feb 3, 2026Apr 23, 2026Jul 30, 2026Oct 30, 2026
EPS Estimate0.040.050.050.050.050.060.060.060.060.070.080.070.070.070.070.070.070.080.080.080.080.090.090.090.100.110.110.110.100.120.130.140.120.140.170.170.150.180.190.180.170.210.220.220.180.210.200.170.150.160.170.170.120.160.160.150.120.160.180.170.150.200.210.180.170.210.180.160.190.200.190.200.200.250.280.260.220.250.250.200.160.200.160.150.150.180.160.100.120.180.210.240.190.250.260.230.130.140.250.220.180.260.290.260.190.250.310.300.170.160.07-0.09-0.12-0.05-0.01-0.04-0.10-0.07-0.12-0.08-0.130.020.05
EPS Actual0.050.050.060.050.060.070.070.060.070.070.070.070.060.070.070.080.090.090.080.080.090.100.090.100.100.110.110.110.110.130.140.140.130.160.170.170.150.180.180.220.180.190.200.200.190.200.170.170.150.160.170.200.150.160.160.120.130.180.200.170.160.250.170.200.190.210.140.170.230.230.190.180.160.300.260.250.200.270.170.200.170.200.150.160.170.180.090.070.140.220.190.270.210.270.250.160.160.240.250.220.170.260.310.260.210.300.330.200.160.10-0.140.06-0.19-0.04-0.12-0.02-0.18-0.14-0.11-0.06-0.060.14-
Surprise25.00%0.00%20.00%0.00%20.00%16.67%16.67%0.00%16.67%0.00%-12.50%0.00%-14.29%0.00%0.00%14.29%28.57%12.50%0.00%0.00%12.50%11.11%0.00%11.11%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%10.00%8.33%7.69%0.00%8.33%14.29%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-5.26%22.22%5.88%-9.52%-9.09%-9.09%5.56%-4.76%-15.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%17.65%25.00%0.00%0.00%-20.00%8.33%12.50%11.11%0.00%6.67%25.00%-19.05%11.11%11.76%0.00%-22.22%6.25%21.05%15.00%0.00%-10.00%-20.00%20.00%-7.14%-3.85%-9.09%8.00%-32.00%0.00%6.25%0.00%-6.25%6.67%13.33%0.00%-43.75%-30.00%16.67%22.22%-9.52%12.50%10.53%8.00%-3.85%-30.43%23.08%71.43%0.00%0.00%-5.56%0.00%6.90%0.00%10.53%20.00%6.45%-33.33%-5.88%-37.50%-300.00%166.67%-58.33%20.00%-1100.00%50.00%-80.00%-100.00%8.33%25.00%53.85%600.00%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap873.86M
Enterprise Value998.86M
Trailing P/E0.00
Forward P/E21.05
PEG Ratio1.68
Price / Sales1.19
Price / Book1.21
EPS-0.28
Book Value9.78
Revenue (TTM)736.28M
Gross Profit (TTM)206.60M
EBITDA94.47M
Profit Margin-2.98%
Operating Margin-4.62%
Return on Equity-2.85%
Return on Assets-2.48%
Shares Outstanding77.33M
Shares Float54.00M
Beta1.33
Dividend Yield0.70%
Dividend Rate0.08
Payout Ratio42.11%

Analyst Ratings

Hold
Based on 5 analystsTarget 13.20
  • Hold
    3
  • Sell
    2

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
51.87%
Insiders
51.39%
Retail / Other
0.00%

Top Institutional Holders

  • BlackRock Inc
    6.79M8.78%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
    4.00M5.18%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    2.24M2.90%
  • State Street Corp
    2.07M2.67%
  • American Century Companies Inc
    1.74M2.24%
  • Two Sigma Investments LLC
    1.37M1.77%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    1.18M1.53%
  • Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc
    1.09M1.41%
  • Ameriprise Financial Inc
    983.49K1.27%
  • Wallace Capital Management, INC.
    971.07K1.26%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
    811.64K1.05%
  • The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
    630.68K0.82%
  • Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
    588.81K0.76%

Top Fund Holders

  • iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
    2.80M3.62%
  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    1.49M1.93%
  • DFA US Small Cap Value I
    1.04M1.34%
  • iShares Russell 2000 ETF
    982.90K1.27%
  • Columbia Small Cap Value Discv A
    708.52K0.92%
  • Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF
    675.44K0.87%
  • Ampega Balanced 3 I (a)
    560.00K0.72%

Dividends

20262×
0.02Jun 23, 20260.02Mar 24, 2026
20254×
0.02Dec 26, 20250.02Sep 23, 20250.02Jun 23, 20250.02Mar 25, 2025
20244×
0.02Dec 27, 20240.02Sep 27, 20240.02Jun 25, 20240.02Mar 25, 2024
20234×
0.02Dec 4, 20230.02Sep 22, 20230.02Jun 23, 20230.02Mar 27, 2023
20224×
0.02Dec 8, 20220.02Sep 26, 20220.02Jun 24, 20220.02Mar 24, 2022
20214×
0.02Dec 6, 20210.52Aug 31, 20210.02Jun 18, 20210.02Mar 19, 2021
20202×
0.02Dec 7, 20200.02Sep 18, 2020

Stock Splits

  • May 16, 20064:3
  • Aug 23, 20043:2
  • Feb 20, 200215769:10000
  • Jun 1, 20015:4
  • Oct 7, 19963:2
  • Dec 4, 1995200000:130166
  • Dec 14, 19935:4
  • Dec 22, 19924:3
  • Nov 26, 19913:2