Heartland Express Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 6 analysts polled by S&P Global, Heartland Express stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $12.4. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 13.59% lower than the current stock price, while the lowest is $10 (-30.31%) and the highest is $16 (+11.50%).

Price Target: $12.4 (-13.59%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$10	$12.4	$12	$16
Change	-30.31%	-13.59%	-16.38%	+11.50%

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	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	1	1	1	2	2
Hold	2	1	2	2	2	2
Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	5	5	6	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $10 → $12	Sell	Maintains	$10 → $12	-16.38%	Apr 28, 2026
Thomas Wadewitz UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $11 → $12	Hold	Maintains	$11 → $12	-16.38%	Apr 24, 2026
Brian Ossenbeck JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Sell Maintains $9 → $10	Sell	Maintains	$9 → $10	-30.31%	Apr 24, 2026
Dan Moore Baird	Baird	Buy Maintains $12 → $15	Buy	Maintains	$12 → $15	+4.53%	Apr 24, 2026
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $9 → $10	Sell	Maintains	$9 → $10	-30.31%	Mar 3, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

758.85M

from 805.71M

-5.82%

from 805.71M

Revenue Next Year

820.88M

from 758.85M

8.17%

from 758.85M

EPS This Year

-0.19

from -0.67

EPS Next Year

0.41

from -0.19

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	758.85M	820.88M
Revenue Growth	-5.89%	59.40%	24.74%	-13.25%	-23.08%	-5.82%	8.17%
EPS	1.00	1.69	0.19	-0.38	-0.67	-0.19	0.41
EPS Growth	14.52%	69.63%	-88.94%	-	-	-	-
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.03
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	800.3M	892.5M
Avg	758.9M	820.9M
Low	705.3M	739.5M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	-0.7%	17.6%
Avg	-5.8%	8.2%
Low	-12.5%	-2.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	-0.13	0.61
Avg	-0.19	0.41
Low	-0.24	0.15

EPS Growth

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

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.