NASDAQ · HTLD

Heartland Express Inc.

$14.28 -$0.55 (-3.71%) 1D After hours

Key Metrics

$1.15B
Market cap
P/E · TTM
$762.55M
Revenue · TTM
−$43.40M
Net income
EPS · TTM $-0.55
Dividend yield 0.5%
Free cash flow −$64.01M
Beta · 1Y 1.10
EBITDA · TTM $97.18M
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Apr 24
    The stock moved +8.4% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Apr 24

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$1.15B
Enterprise value$1.25B
Shares outstanding77.5M
52-wk range$7.00 – $16.64
Avg volume · 20D384.0K
Net cash −$105.40M
Book value / share$9.53
IndustryTrucking (No Local)
ExchangeNASDAQ
About Heartland Express Inc.
IPO dateNov 5, 1986
Employees3630

Heartland Express Inc, along with its subsidiaries, operates as a short, medium, and long-haul truckload carrier and transportation services provider.

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Valuation

P/E
P/S1.51
P/FCF
EV/EBITDA12.91
EV/Sales1.65
Graham №

Profitability

Gross
Operating -7.3%
Net -5.7%
FCF -8.4%
ROE / ROIC -5.5% · -5.1%

Financial Health

Current ratio1.27
Quick ratio
Debt / equity0.20
Debt / EBITDA 1.54
Net cash −$105.40M
Working capital$30.64M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $86.62M
Capex −$150.63M
Free cash flow −$64.01M
Buybacks
Dividends paid $6.18M
Shareholder yield 0.5%

Piotroski F-Score

3 / 9
Weak fundamentals · 3 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

Insufficient balance-sheet inputs

Graham Number vs Price

Requires positive earnings and book value
Fundamentals through 2026-03-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings