After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
HTLD belongs to the Industrials sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Trucking industry. The current market capitalization of Heartland Express, Inc is $912.92M. A total of 0.54 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 386.05K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust bought 49,506 shares of HTLD for 12.24 per share on Nov 18 ’24. After the transaction, the Co-Trustee of 10% Owner now owns 898,584 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 12 ’24, GERDIN MICHAEL J bought 1,683 shares at 11.99 per share. HTLD shares that Chief Executive Officer owns now total 1,313,596.
Among the insiders who bought shares, GERDIN MICHAEL J acquired of 35,960 shares on Nov 08 ’24 at a per-share price of $11.97. This resulted in the Chief Executive Officer holding 1,311,913 shares of HTLD after the transaction. In another insider transaction, GERDIN MICHAEL J bought 10,951 shares at $11.99 per share on Nov 07 ’24. Company shares held by the Chief Executive Officer now total 1,275,953.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. HTLD’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.68% when it declared a $0.02 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/27/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/27/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.64%. The HTLD stock dividend was $0.02 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, HTLD has a high of $13.78 and a low of $9.63.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. HTLD’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $157.74M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $0.00 in debt and $71.59M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $10.52, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $727.10M.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for HTLD is Buy with a score of 2.33.
