Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD)

Heartland Express Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 5 analysts that cover Heartland Express stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $10, which forecasts a 3.63% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $8.00 and the highest is $12.

Price Target: $10 (+3.63%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$8.00	$10	$10	$12
Change	-17.10%	+3.63%	+3.63%	+24.35%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Heartland Express stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hold	3	2	2	1	2	2
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	4	4	4	5	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $9 → $10	Sell	Maintains	$9 → $10	+3.63%	Mar 3, 2026
Thomas Wadewitz UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $8.5 → $11	Hold	Maintains	$8.5 → $11	+13.99%	Feb 5, 2026
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $8 → $9	Sell	Maintains	$8 → $9	-6.74%	Jan 15, 2026
Daniel Moore Baird	Baird	Hold → Buy Upgrades $8 → $12	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$8 → $12	+24.35%	Jan 5, 2026
Ravi Shanker Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $10 → $8	Hold	Maintains	$10 → $8	-17.10%	Dec 8, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

749.65M

Decreased by -6.96%

from 805.71M

Revenue Next Year

814.34M

Increased by 8.63%

from 749.65M

EPS This Year

-0.25

from -0.67

EPS Next Year

0.34

from -0.25

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	607.28M	968.00M	1.21B	1.05B	805.71M	749.65M	814.34M
Revenue Growth	-5.89%	59.40%	24.74%	-13.25%	-23.08%	-6.96%	8.63%
EPS	1.00	1.69	0.19	-0.38	-0.67	-0.25	0.34
EPS Growth	14.52%	69.63%	-88.94%	-	-	-	-
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.33
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	810.6M	898.8M
Avg	749.7M	814.3M
Low	666.4M	733.1M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	0.6%	19.9%
Avg	-7.0%	8.6%
Low	-17.3%	-2.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	-0.18	0.55
Avg	-0.25	0.34
Low	-0.33	0.15

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
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.