Russell Investments Group Ltd. Sells 2,401 Shares of Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD) (2025)

Russell Investments Group Ltd. lessened its position in Heartland Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLD – Free Report) by 3.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 77,300 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 2,401 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. owned 0.10% of Heartland Express worth $867,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in shares of Heartland Express by 36.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 25,368 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $285,000 after purchasing an additional 6,821 shares during the last quarter. Trexquant Investment LP lifted its holdings in Heartland Express by 91.5% in the 4th quarter. Trexquant Investment LP now owns 150,409 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,688,000 after buying an additional 71,848 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Heartland Express in the 4th quarter worth approximately $42,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Heartland Express during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $79,000. Finally, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Heartland Express during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,694,000. Institutional investors own 53.45% of the company’s stock.

Heartland Express Stock Down 0.4 %

HTLD stock opened at $8.25 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $647.87 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.30 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.08. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $9.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $10.87. Heartland Express, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $7.98 and a fifty-two week high of $13.67.

Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The transportation company reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.02. Heartland Express had a negative return on equity of 3.57% and a negative net margin of 2.84%. As a group, analysts forecast that Heartland Express, Inc. will post 0.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Heartland Express Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were issued a $0.02 dividend. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th. Heartland Express’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -21.62%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Barclays cut their price target on shares of Heartland Express from $11.00 to $9.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd.

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About Heartland Express

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Heartland Express, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium, and long-haul truckload carrier in the United States and Canada. It primarily provides nationwide asset-based dry van truckload service for shippers; cross-border freight and other transportation services; and temperature-controlled truckload services.

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