— Know what they know.
Not Investment Advice

HTLD NASDAQ

Heartland Express, Inc.
1W: +1.0% 1M: -9.3% 3M: -20.1% YTD: +14.0% 1Y: +29.8% 3Y: -28.3% 5Y: -35.8%
$10.37
+0.35 (+3.49%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.8%
$9 $10 $10 $11 $11
NASDAQ · Industrials · Trucking · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 28 · $801.9M mcap · 47M float · 1.49% daily turnover · Short 58% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 60% of companies Debt: 12.5% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.21 (down 98%), Heartland Express, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $114.2M against a stock market value of $801.9M.
Distance to default 6.18 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $103.2M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 39.1%; Altman Z'' 4.44. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
#11 of 32
Trucking
Industrials · Small Cap · 13 peers
Market Share
0.8%
Top 4 Concentration: 68.2%

Technical Signal Map

4 Bullish
0 Neutral
10 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
HTLD Heartland Express, Inc. $790M -64.9 -2.8 -4.6 5.7 -21.0 7 BEARISH 29.8
MLLGF Mullen Group Ltd. $2.0B 23.2 10.9 8.7 7.9 10.9 8 BULLISH 110.5
RXO RXO, Inc. $4.7B -47.5 -6.8 -1.2 -0.5 9.5 5 BULLISH 66.2
YATRF Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. $4.2B 47.9 2.3 3.0 -1.3 3.3 7 LEAN BULL 18.2
SEOTF Seino Holdings Co., Ltd. $2.6B 15.2 6.3 5.4 4.0 7.5 8 LEAN BULL 0.0
SAIA Saia, Inc. $8.9B 32.8 10.8 9.8 9.9 4.8 7 LEAN BEAR 17.5
TFII TFI International Inc. $9.2B 26.0 13.4 8.7 5.9 6.7 8 BEARISH 26.1
ARCB ArcBest Corp $2.8B 186.2 1.3 1.5 -1.2 3.7 8 BEARISH 75.1
ULH Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. $440M -4.8 -1.4 -10.1 6.9 -12.1 4 BEARISH -5.7
SNDR Schneider National, Inc. $5.3B 48.6 3.7 4.2 3.2 6.2 6 BEARISH 36.3
MRTN Marten Transport, Ltd. $960M 73.5 1.7 0.3 1.3 -4.8 5 BEARISH 25.9
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. $10.0B 66.3 0.6 1.6 2.1 4.1 5 BEARISH 40.7
WERN Werner Enterprises, Inc. $1.7B -94.4 -3.3 0.6 0.7 9.6 4 BEARISH 7.9
CVLG Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. $740M 199.5 0.9 4.1 2.6 8.3 6 BEARISH 49.9

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

HTLD vs Benchmarks

ROIC
HTLD
-4.6
Industry
1.0
Gross Margin
HTLD
1.6
Industry
12.8
Op Margin
HTLD
-4.6
Industry
1.8
Net Margin
HTLD
5.7
Industry
0.3
Sector
1.7
Revenue Growth
HTLD
-21.0
Sector
2.8
P/E Ratio
HTLD
-64.9
Sector
23.0
ROE
HTLD
-2.8
Sector
3.7
Piotroski F
HTLD
7.0
Sector
5.0

Sign in to InsiderStreet

You'll also get our free weekly newsletter with
smart money signals, market insights, and alpha ideas.
Unsubscribe anytime.

For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Data sourced from SEC filings. Privacy Terms