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The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
The company is listed on the NASDAQ and operates within the Trucking industry segment. The current market capitalization of Heartland Express, Inc is $694.70M. A total of 0.8 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 589.56K shares.
In the most recent transaction, GERDIN MICHAEL J bought 24,798 shares of HTLD for 8.19 per share on Aug 18 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 1,491,868 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 15 ’25, GERDIN MICHAEL J bought 3,888 shares at 8.20 per share. HTLD shares that Chief Executive Officer owns now total 1,467,070.
Among the insiders who bought shares, GERDIN MICHAEL J acquired of 1,314 shares on Aug 14 ’25 at a per-share price of $8.20. This resulted in the Chief Executive Officer holding 1,463,182 shares of HTLD after the transaction. In another insider transaction, PRATT JAMES G bought 6,571 shares at $8.96 per share on May 14 ’25. Company shares held by the Director now total 30,000.
It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, HTLD has a high of $12.20 and a low of $6.99.
As of this writing, HTLD has an earnings estimate of -$0.1 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 4.0 estimates, with a high estimate of -$0.05 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.13. The company reported an EPS of -$0.02 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on 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 $10.02, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $727.10M.
Analysts Opinion
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. 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 2.43.
