A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) stock price down -3.03% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $9.90. HTLD’s price has ranged from $9.63 to $13.67 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 17.46%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 122.43%. With a float of $44.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $78.52 million.
In terms of profitability, gross margin is 14.38%, operating margin of -2.03%, and the pretax margin is -3.5%.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Trucking Industry. The insider ownership of Heartland Express, Inc is 43.80%, while institutional ownership is 51.01%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 18 ’24, was worth 606,087. In this transaction Co-Trustee of 10% Owner of this company bought 49,506 shares at a rate of $12.24, taking the stock ownership to the 898,584 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 12 ’24, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer bought 1,683 for $11.99, making the entire transaction worth $20,179. This insider now owns 1,313,596 shares in total.
Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.01 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 122.43% per share during the next fiscal year.
Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Heartland Express, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.08. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.72. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.66.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.38, a number that is poised to hit -0.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.60 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Heartland Express, Inc (HTLD)
Looking closely at Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD), its last 5-days average volume was 0.41 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.47 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 21.83%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.31.
During the past 100 days, Heartland Express, Inc’s (HTLD) raw stochastic average was set at 0.00%, which indicates a significant increase from 0.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 30.18% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.14% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $10.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $11.72. However, in the short run, Heartland Express, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $9.83. Second resistance stands at $10.07. The third major resistance level sits at $10.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $9.48, it is likely to go to the next support level at $9.37. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $9.13.
Heartland Express, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLD) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 754.08 million, the company has a total of 78,550K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,048 M while annual income is -29,720 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 242,580 K while its latest quarter income was -1,850 K.
