Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD)
NASDAQ: HTLD · Real-Time Price · USD
8.29
-0.38 (-4.38%)
At close: Jul 24, 2025, 4:00 PM
8.17
-0.12 (-1.45%)
After-hours: Jul 24, 2025, 5:14 PM EDT

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 $9.75, which forecasts a 17.61% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $9 and the highest is $12.

Price Target: $9.75 (+17.61%)
Analyst Consensus: Sell
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$9.00$9.75$9.00$12
Change+8.56%+17.61%+8.56%+44.75%

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

RatingFeb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25
Strong Buy000000
Buy000000
Hold221112
Sell222222
Strong Sell000000
Total443334

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Baird
Baird
Hold
Initiates
$9
HoldInitiates$9+8.56%Jul 1, 2025
JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Sell
Maintains
$10$9
SellMaintains$10$9+8.56%May 1, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Sell
Maintains
$11$9
SellMaintains$11$9+8.56%Apr 2, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Sell
Maintains
$10$11
SellMaintains$10$11+32.69%Nov 13, 2024
Barclays
Barclays
Sell
Maintains
$11$10
SellMaintains$11$10+20.63%Nov 4, 2024
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
938.33M
from 1.05B
Decreased by -10.42%
Revenue Next Year
1.01B
from 938.33M
Increased by 7.53%
EPS This Year
-0.31
from -0.38
EPS Next Year
0.31
from -0.31
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026FY 2027
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026Dec 31, 2027
Revenue
645.26M607.28M968.00M1.21B1.05B938.33M1.01B1.11B
Revenue Growth
8.12%-5.89%59.40%24.74%-13.25%-10.42%7.53%9.61%
EPS
0.871.001.690.19-0.38-0.310.310.82
EPS Growth
-2.25%14.52%69.63%-88.94%---164.17%
Forward PE
------26.8410.16
No. Analysts
-----885
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue202520262027
High1.0B1.2B1.3B
Avg938.3M1.0B1.1B
Low849.5M875.1M972.1M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth202520262027
High
-1.3%
23.9%
26.8%
Avg
-10.4%
7.5%
9.6%
Low
-18.9%
-6.7%
-3.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS202520262027
High-0.130.621.23
Avg-0.310.310.82
Low-0.44-0.100.60

EPS Growth

EPS Growth202520262027
High--
297.7%
Avg--
164.2%
Low--
93.5%
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.