Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD)

Heartland Express Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover Heartland Express stock have a consensus rating of "Sell" and an average price target of $8.25, which forecasts a -12.97% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $8.00 and the highest is $9.00.

Price Target: $8.25 (-12.97%)

Analyst Consensus: Sell

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$8.00	$8.25	$8.00	$9.00
Change	-15.61%	-12.97%	-15.61%	-5.06%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Heartland Express stock is "Sell". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to lead to lower returns than market as a whole.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	2	3	3	3	2	2
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	5	5	5	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Ravi Shanker Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $10 → $8	Hold	Maintains	$10 → $8	-15.61%	Dec 8, 2025
Daniel Moore Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $8.5 → $8	Hold	Maintains	$8.5 → $8	-15.61%	Nov 3, 2025
Brian Ossenbeck JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Sell Maintains $10 → $9	Sell	Maintains	$10 → $9	-5.06%	Oct 8, 2025
Ravi Shanker Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $11 → $10	Hold	Maintains	$11 → $10	+5.49%	Oct 6, 2025
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $9 → $8	Sell	Maintains	$9 → $8	-15.61%	Aug 6, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

843.01M

Decreased by -19.52%

from 1.05B

Revenue Next Year

857.62M

Increased by 1.73%

from 843.01M

EPS This Year

-0.51

from -0.38

EPS Next Year

-0.19

from -0.51

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	645.26M	607.28M	968.00M	1.21B	1.05B	843.01M	857.62M
Revenue Growth	8.12%	-5.89%	59.40%	24.74%	-13.25%	-19.52%	1.73%
EPS	0.87	1.00	1.69	0.19	-0.38	-0.51	-0.19
EPS Growth	-2.25%	14.52%	69.63%	-88.94%	-	-	-
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	891.9M	931.0M
Avg	843.0M	857.6M
Low	791.8M	773.2M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-14.9%	10.4%
Avg	-19.5%	1.7%
Low	-24.4%	-8.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	-0.42	0.08
Avg	-0.51	-0.19
Low	-0.54	-0.34

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-	-
Avg	-	-
Low	-	-

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.