Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) open the trading on Wednesday, with a bit cautious approach as it glided -0.71% to $12.56, before settling in for the price of $12.65 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, HTLD posted a 52-week range of $9.63-$14.60.
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In the past 5-years timespan, the Industrials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 16.82%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -26.69%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -301.93%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $79.04 million, simultaneously with a float of $43.73 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $985.92 million. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $11.81, while the 200-day Moving Average is $11.81.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it helps to make our mind if we keep our tabs on how bigger investors are working with the stock of the Trucking industry. Heartland Express, Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 44.28%, in contrast to 51.32% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 18 ’24, this organization’s Co-Trustee of 10% Owner bought 49,506 shares at the rate of 12.24, making the entire transaction reach 606,087 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 898,584. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 12 ’24, Company’s Chief Executive Officer bought 1,683 for 11.99, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 20,179. This particular insider is now the holder of 1,313,596 in total.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Earnings and Revenue Records
Heartland Express, Inc’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -301.93% and is forecasted to reach 0.11 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 43.20% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -26.69% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.17. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.35. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.91. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 11.03.
In the same vein, HTLD’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -0.29, a figure that is expected to reach -0.04 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.11 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD)
[Heartland Express, Inc, HTLD] recent stats showed that its last 5-days Average volume was superior the volume it posted in the year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 69.93% While, its Average True Range was 0.35.
Raw Stochastic average of Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 61.99%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 70.01% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 20.04% that was lower than 28.58% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
