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Heartland Express, Inc.

Industrials · Trucking

$10.18

Down-$0.11 (-1.07%)

Updated Oct 24, 2026, 12:37 PM

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4.2/10

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Market cap
726.45M
P/E ratio
-20.84
Dividend yield
0.79%
52-week range
$9.35 – $16.64
Volume
757.95K
Avg. volume
621.09K

Price performance · HTLD

HTLD price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 23, 2026

HTLD closed at $10.18 after 21 trading sessions, down 9.91% for the selected period.

Last close
$10.18
Period change
-9.91%
Period low
$10.18
Period high
$11.90
Daily close
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HTLD OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 23, 2026$10.12$10.23$9.90$10.18757.95K
Oct 22, 2026$10.08$10.515$10.08$10.29583.44K
Oct 21, 2026$10.42$10.675$10.105$10.26742.97K
Oct 20, 2026$9.87$10.53$9.87$10.27659.95K
Oct 19, 2026$10.92$10.99$10.51$10.53355.33K
Oct 16, 2026$11.13$11.275$10.77$10.95386.62K
Oct 15, 2026$10.96$11.20$10.93$11.13512.65K
Oct 14, 2026$10.73$10.90$10.66$10.88582.07K
Oct 13, 2026$11.09$11.22$10.70$10.86503.25K
Oct 12, 2026$11.13$11.245$11.07$11.08533.38K
Oct 9, 2026$11.36$11.36$11.10$11.12444.17K
Oct 8, 2026$11.22$11.42$11.165$11.35908.82K
Oct 7, 2026$11.21$11.40$11.0071$11.28601.64K
Oct 6, 2026$11.68$11.80$11.305$11.33414.2K
Oct 5, 2026$11.96$12.065$11.52$11.67456.73K
Oct 2, 2026$11.83$12.088$11.815$11.90605.54K
Oct 1, 2026$11.56$11.69$11.455$11.64653.36K
Sep 30, 2026$11.72$11.825$11.58$11.61588.22K
Sep 29, 2026$11.42$11.75$11.41$11.65788.59K
Sep 28, 2026$11.22$11.475$11.14$11.44635.89K
Sep 25, 2026$11.42$11.44$11.19$11.30543.58K

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Company profile

Heartland Express Inc is engaged in providing truckload services across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. These truckload services are asset-based transportation services in the dry van truckload market. The company offers truckload temperature-controlled transportation services, and Mexico logistics services. A majority of its customers represent the consumer goods, appliances, food products, and automotive industries.

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Average target
$8.00
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HTLD recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Oct 21, 2026UBSNeutral—
Oct 20, 2026BairdNeutral—
Aug 13, 2026BarclaysUnderweight—
Aug 6, 2026UBSNeutral—
Jul 31, 2026JP MorganUnderweight—
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Yahoo · Oct 21, 2026

Heartland Express (HTLD) Stock Slips As Q3 Profit Meets Margin Strain

Heartland Express just posted its Q3 2026 scorecard and the stock slipped 2.5% on the day. That looks more like fatigue than panic. The headline is simple. A trucking carrier that had been racking up losses over the past year managed to stay in the black, with net income modest but positive. The real story is the margin squeeze. Revenue held in the high US$170 million range while profit shrank sharply compared with Q2. Traders focused on that compression and marked the shares lower. The...

Yahoo · Oct 20, 2026

Heartland Express sees earnings turnaround in Q3

For the first time since 2023, truckload carrier Heartland Express achieved a net profit that was not driven by large gains from selling equipment and terminals. The post Heartland Express sees earnings turnaround in Q3 appeared first on FreightWaves.

Yahoo · Oct 20, 2026

Heartland Express: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD) on Tuesday reported earnings of $959,000 in its third quarter.

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