Overview
Heartland Express, Inc., based in the United States, operates in the transportation and logistics industry, primarily focusing on short-to-medium haul truckload freight services. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa, the company specializes in providing high-quality asset-based transportation solutions aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs within the supply chain. Heartland Express has strategically expanded its operational footprint through key acquisitions, such as the purchase of Interstate Distributor Co. and Millis Transfer, Inc., enhancing its service offerings and national presence. These acquisitions complement its extensive fleet and regional hubs, allowing Heartland Express to maintain its reputation for superior on-time service delivery and customer satisfaction in a competitive market.
Basic Stats
The share price of Heartland Express, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $8.61 / share. This is an increase of 0.23% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Heartland Express, Inc. as of September 5, 2025 is $667.89 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Heartland Express, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 667.89 MM |
| EV | 838.98 MM |
| Shares Out. | 77.57 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | -0.46 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.93 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-06-23 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.40 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 0.60 MM |
| Short Interest | 2.16 MM |
| Short Float | 4.93 % |
| Days to Cover | 4.28 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.22 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | -28.13 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.35 |
| Beta | 0.90 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -0.93 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -1.73 |
| PE Ratio | -18.62 |
| Price/Book | 0.85 |
| Price/TBV | 1.79 |
| Book/Market | 1.18 |
| EBIT/EV | -0.06 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.00 |
| ROA | -0.03 |
| ROE | -0.04 |
| ROIC | -0.04 |
| CROIC | -0.00 |
| OCROIC | 0.12 |
| Implied Volatility | 40.45 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.31 |
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| Stability (Low Vol) Score | |
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| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Heartland Express, Inc. is $9.18. The forecasts range from a low of $8.08 to a high of $11.55. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Heartland Express, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-11 | UBS | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2022-08-29 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-23 | Baird | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-08 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-15 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2022-02-18 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2022-01-26 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2022-01-14 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-02 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-01 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2021-05-11 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2021-02-01 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Sector Weight | Downgrade |
| 2021-01-21 | Stifel | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-10-19 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-10-16 | Barclays | Underweight | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2020-10-09 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2020-10-05 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-21 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-17 | Wolfe Research | Underperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade |
| 2020-07-17 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-15 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-27 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-17 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-27 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-17 | Baird | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2019-10-11 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-07 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-09-10 | KeyBanc | Sector Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2019-09-05 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-09-27 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2018-07-23 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-05-07 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-04-06 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-02-20 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2018-02-14 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2017-11-01 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-30 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-12 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-09-29 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-07-10 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-02-10 | Stifel Nicolaus | Sell | Hold | Upgrade |
| 2016-12-16 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2016-11-02 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2016-10-21 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2016-09-12 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-08-01 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-07-29 | UBS | Sell | Maintains | |
| 2016-07-29 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-06-22 | BB&T Capital | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2016-05-09 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2016-04-07 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Sector Weight | Downgrade |
| 2016-04-06 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-29 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Initiate | |
| 2016-01-27 | Macquarie | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-01-11 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2016-01-07 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2015-12-04 | Longbow Research | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2015-10-28 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2015-10-28 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-10-28 | Macquarie | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-10-05 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-29 | Macquarie | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-16 | Barclays | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2015-04-24 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2015-04-23 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-19 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-18 | UBS | Sell | Initiate | |
| 2015-01-15 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-27 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade |
| 2014-10-14 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-06 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-01 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2014-06-30 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-30 | KeyBanc | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-03-31 | Longbow Research | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-02-06 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-12-24 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2013-12-23 | BB&T Capital | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-11-25 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2013-11-13 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-11-13 | Wells Fargo | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2013-11-13 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-11-12 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2013-07-10 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-04-17 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-04-15 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2013-04-10 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-02-11 | KeyBanc | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-01-24 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-14 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-07 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2012-11-19 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-15 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-12 | Wunderlich | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-12 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-09-17 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-16 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2012-05-17 | Wunderlich | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2012-04-16 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-11 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-11 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-01 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-08-07 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-02-12 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-06 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2023-08-01 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Reiterate |
| 2023-10-02 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-12-21 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-04-30 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-04-01 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-04-09 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-04-24 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-07-09 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2024-07-09 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2024-08-01 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-13 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-30 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-07-01 | Baird | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2024-11-04 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-02 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-01 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-06 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2025-07-28 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-08-04 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
