Heartland Express Inc (HTLD) stock
HTLDNasdaqTrucking (No Local)Fiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 6, 2026Score 7/3027% below fair value
$10.36−0.10 (-0.96%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $801.17MP/E –Yield 0.77%
Heartland Express statistics
93 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Feb 8, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Sep 25, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 2.19
- 3.16
- P/OCF Ratio
- 11.44
- 10.96
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 1.19
- 0.95
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -0.95%
- -0.46%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- -0.16%
- 0.00%
- Float
- 45M
- 40M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 41.5%
- 8.55%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 49.1%
- 68.4%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 3M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- 1.43%
- 0.11%
- Short % of Float
- 7.54%
- 4.08%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 4.41%
- 3.53%
- Days to Cover
- 5.22
- 3.67
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $16.64
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $7.00
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $10.37
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $11.17
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $12.31
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $0.45
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 2.07%
- 1.10%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- -4.78%
- -6.74%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -19.0%
- -18.8%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- -21.2%
- -13.2%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 14.7%
- 9.30%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 34.5%
- 21.9%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- -16.6%
- -13.4%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -40.3%
- -3.97%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- -51.3%
- 126.9%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 611,787
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 640,121
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 699,151
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.65
- 0.65
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 44.2
- 44.3
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 39.7%
- 41.5%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.76
- 0.91
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- -1.98%
- 2.60%
- EBITDA Margin
- 17.9%
- 9.22%
- FCF Margin
- -11.3%
- 2.98%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- -1.66%
- 2.19%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- -1.07%
- 1.98%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- -0.66%
- 3.37%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- -0.79%
- 3.90%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.77
- 1.30
- Quick Ratio
- 0.62
- 1.06
- Debt / Equity
- 0.13
- 0.30
- Debt / EBITDA
- 0.78
- 0.91
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 0.40
- 0.73
- Interest Coverage
- -0.89
- 3.48
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- -17.2%
- 7.03%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -5.93%
- -4.14%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 4.54%
- 4.58%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.60
- 1.09
- Revenue Per Employee
- $119.08K
- $404.29K
- Profits Per Employee
- -$2.11K
- $7.46K
- Employee Count
- 6,040
- 3,502
- WACC
- 8.52%
- 8.52%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- -$14.21M
- $28.35M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$51.39M
- -$17.99M
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$0.66
- -$0.35
- Equity (Book Value)
- $754.10M
- $764.16M
- Book Value Per Share
- $9.75
- $17.62
- Tangible Book Value
- $365.75M
- $764.16M
- Working Capital
- -$47.03M
- $44.88M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$151.08M
- -$107.57M
- FCF Per Share
- -$1.05
- $1.47
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- -1.59%
- 2.11%
- FCF Yield
- -10.1%
- 3.16%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.77%
- 1.36%
- Shareholder Yield
- 0.77%
- 2.01%
- Dividend Per Share
- $0.08
- $0.64
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 0.00%
- 0.31%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 0
- 2
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $8.19M
- $18.91M
- Income Tax
- -$1.48M
- $13.04M
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Altman Z-Score
- 3.08
- 3.01
- Piotroski F-Score
- 4
- 5
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | HTLD | S&P 500 | Difference | HTLD per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -6.5% | -2.7% | −3.8 pts | ||
| 3 months | -15.6% | -1.7% | −13.8 pts | ||
| Year to date | +15.3% | +11.9% | +3.4 pts | ||
| 1 year | +34.8% | +12.0% | +22.8 pts | ||
| 3 years | -15.0% | +78.2% | −93.1 pts | -5.3% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | -38.3% | +73.2% | −111.6 pts | -9.2% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | -47.1% | +309.6% | −356.8 pts | -6.2% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
3M HTLD shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 1.4% from the previous report, or 7.54% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 5.2 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 54.0% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 3,412,461 | +1.4% | 654,195 | 5.2 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 3,364,383 | -5.6% | 557,239 | 6.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3,565,587 | +1.9% | 913,660 | 3.9 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3,497,403 | +3.8% | 593,384 | 5.9 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3,370,387 | +16.9% | 694,017 | 4.9 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2,884,267 | +1.4% | 797,935 | 3.6 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2,845,404 | +35.1% | 775,617 | 3.7 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 2,106,405 | -2.2% | 456,688 | 4.6 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2,153,196 | -10.2% | 743,767 | 2.9 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2,398,608 | +1.0% | 677,151 | 3.5 |
| May 29, 2026 | 2,375,473 | +7.8% | 592,608 | 4.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 2,203,740 | +4.7% | 524,079 | 4.2 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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