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Heartland Express Inc Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 18 Aug 2025.
Heartland Express Inc: what insiders have been doing
Heartland Express Inc is a Industrials company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). From 18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026, the disclosure feed for Heartland Express Inc logged 10 filings by 3 insiders.
None of the filings is a plain purchase or sale on the open market; they cover grants, option exercises and other movements. Because grants and exercises are largely decided by remuneration plans, they are not counted as purchases here.
Over the last twelve months, not one insider purchase of Heartland Express Inc stock was filed. The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 2 days. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade.
With 10 filings in twelve months, the company is quieter than the median of 19 filings across the 5,816 companies we follow on the same exchange. The full history, which starts in 2021, counts 54 purchases against no sales. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 805.7 m USD and net income at -52.5 m USD; the dividend was 0.08 USD per share.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at Tennant Co and Butler National Corp also feature in our signals. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
113
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€19M
54 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
n/a
n/a
Who traded when
BuySaleMichael J. Gerdin6 buys
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust3 buys
Amanda Hupfeld1 buy
James G. Pratt1 buy
Since the insiders bought
- +50.3%Entry US$8.43 · Close at T+365 US$12.67
- +48.2%Entry US$9.07 · Close at T+365 US$13.44
- +45.5%Entry US$9.14 · Close at T+365 US$13.30
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Heartland Express Inc Hold (neutral), based on 5 analysts. Average price target: US$13.20.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 20,071 of 24,148 companies
28.4
score / 100
Value31
Quality26
FCF yld-7.1%
Earn yld-5.6%
EV/EBITDA10.8x
ROE-2.8%
Gross mgn8.4%
Net mgn-6.5%
Debt/EBITDA1.6x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$12.18
Analyst consensus
5 analystsHold
US$12.00Target US$13.20(+8%)US$16.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$805.7M
Gross profitUS$67.5M8% margin
EBITDAUS$102.6M13% margin
Net income-US$52.5M-3.0% margin
Valuation
PER (forward)24.3x
P/Book1.2x
Beta1.33
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$941.9M
Total debtUS$161.4M
Free Cash Flow-US$66.9M
Debt / Equity19%
Profitability & ownership
ROE-2.8%
ROA-2.5%
% insiders51.4%
% institutions51.6%
Last declaration on 21 May 2026
Declarations113 total
4,474,456 shares0Common StockSEC:0001664211-26-000004:0
4,474,456 shares0Common StockSEC:0001212393-26-000002:0
4,474,456 shares0Common StockSEC:0001212393-26-000002:1
2,866 shares0Common StockSEC:0001828657-26-000002:0
2,000 shares0Common StockSEC:0001828657-26-000002:2
746 shares@ US$13.030.0008% mcap6.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001828657-26-000002:3
1,069 shares@ US$11.580.0010% mcap7.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001828657-26-000002:1
10,000,000 shares0Common StockSEC:0001664211-25-000014:0
10,000,000 shares0Common StockSEC:0001212393-25-000017:0
11,947 shares0Common StockSEC:0001828657-25-000004:0
70 shares@ US$8.3326.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002028301-25-000009:0
70 shares@ US$8.3327.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001668223-25-000009:0
1,314 shares@ US$8.200.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001008886-25-000251:0
Canonical exit: 12 Nov 2025 (T+90)
86 shares@ US$8.9334.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002028301-25-000007:0
86 shares@ US$8.9335.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001668223-25-000007:0
5,525,544 shares0Common StockSEC:0001212393-25-000012:0
5,525,544 shares0Common StockSEC:0001664211-25-000008:0
6,571 shares@ US$8.9634.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001259736-25-000002:0
Canonical exit: 12 Aug 2025 (T+90)
167,644 shares@ US$8.947813.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001664211-25-000006:0
Canonical exit: 10 Aug 2025 (T+90)
2,000 shares@ US$8.76100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002058604-25-000005:0
Canonical exit: 10 Aug 2025 (T+90)
148,272 shares@ US$8.502413.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001212393-25-000010:0
Canonical exit: 7 Aug 2025 (T+90)
148,272 shares@ US$7.60379.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001664211-25-000004:0
Canonical exit: 4 Aug 2025 (T+90)
148,272 shares@ US$7.851912.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001212393-25-000006:0
Canonical exit: 3 Aug 2025 (T+90)
78 shares@ US$9.3036.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001668223-25-000004:0
83 shares@ US$9.3038.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002028301-25-000004:0
25 of 113 declarations
About Heartland Express Inc
Heartland Express, Inc. is a U.S.-based truckload carrier listed on the NASDAQ (ticker: HTLD) in the United States. Founded in 1978 by Russell A. Gerdin, the company is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa. From the outset, Heartland built its reputation on a service-led operating model centered on on-time delivery, safety, reliability, and tight cost discipline. It is a capital-intensive transportation company whose performance depends heavily on fleet utilization, loaded miles, fuel efficiency, labor economics, and equipment productivity.
Over time, Heartland expanded both organically and through acquisitions. Today, the group operates under several brands, including Heartland Express, Millis Transfer, Smith Transport, and CFI, following the integration of CFI’s U.S. operations and the broader reorganization of the platform. This multi-brand structure gives the company exposure to different parts of the full truckload market and, depending on customer and asset mix, to dry van and temperature-controlled freight. For investors, the company is best understood as a sector consolidator in a highly fragmented industry where scale, network density, service consistency, and operating discipline can translate into competitive advantage.
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Heartland’s main competitive strengths are its relatively young fleet, safety and service focus, broad geographic footprint across the United States, and a terminal network that supports driver recruiting, fleet maintenance, and customer service. The company positions itself as a long-term transportation partner for shippers that value dependable capacity and execution rather than a purely transactional spot-market carrier. In a cyclical freight environment, that positioning matters: pricing, freight demand, and cost inflation can move quickly, so operational efficiency is essential to protect margins.
Recent developments are material. Throughout 2025, Heartland operated in a weak freight backdrop that pressured revenue and profitability, with losses recorded in several reporting periods. The company also moved forward with the integration of CFI’s U.S. operations, and by late 2025 that integration had been reflected in its financial disclosures. In February 2026, Heartland reported full-year 2025 results showing continued earnings pressure, although management highlighted sequential improvement in operations toward year-end. The company has also continued paying a regular quarterly dividend, which may appeal to income-oriented investors, even if the payout is ultimately tied to cyclically sensitive cash generation. Overall, HTLD should be viewed as a U.S. NASDAQ-listed transportation name with a historically strong brand, meaningful operating scale, and an earnings profile that remains closely linked to freight-market conditions and execution on acquisition integration.
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