Heartland Express vs PAMT
HTLD and PAMT side by side, both in trucking and courier services, except air. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HTLD and PAMT compare
Heartland Express is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as PAMT ($801M against $298M).
PAMT grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−2.1% versus −17.2% for Heartland Express).
Heartland Express keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −1.8% compared with −7.3% at PAMT.
Heartland Express pays a dividend yielding 0.77%; PAMT does not pay one.
Heartland Express scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 5 for PAMT), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HTLD | PAMT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $801M | $298M |
| Share price | $10.36 | $14.24 |
| Change, 1 year | 34.5% | 28.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −40.4% | −57.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.76 | 0.91 |
| Employees | 6,040 | 2,365 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 3 | 3 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.1× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 1.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.6× | – |
| FCF yield | −10.1% (better) | −21.7% |
| Fair value | $14.28 | $18.13 |
| Margin of safety | 27.4% (better) | 21.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −17.2% | −2.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.5% (better) | 4.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −1.0% (better) | −8.8% |
| Net margin | −1.8% (better) | −7.3% |
| FCF margin | −11.3% | −10.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | −1.7% (better) | −20.6% |
| Return on invested capital | −0.66% (better) | −9.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.13 (better) | 1.66 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.40 | – |
| Interest coverage | −0.9× (better) | −2.8× |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 1.28 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.08 (better) | 1.52 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.77% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.07% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.77% (better) | 0.07% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 49.1% | 19.1% |
| Held by insiders | 41.5% | 78.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$461K | $0 (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.5% | 1.6% |
Go deeper
- HTLD stock overview
- HTLD income statement
- HTLD valuation and score
- PAMT stock overview
- PAMT income statement
- PAMT valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.