Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD): Price and Financial Metrics

HTLD POWR Grades

• HTLD scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 93.77% of US stocks.
• HTLD's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 51 weeks.
• HTLD's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 13.91% of US stocks).

HTLD Stock Summary

• HTLD's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 190.41 -- higher than 86.12% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of Heartland Express Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 2.53% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For HTLD, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by only 0.45% of US equities we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Heartland Express Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be CNNE, RVI, ERF, SGU, and SNDR.
• Visit HTLD's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.heartlandexpress.com.

HTLD Valuation Summary

• HTLD's price/sales ratio is 2.1; this is 36.36% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• HTLD's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 0.5 over the prior 243 months.
• HTLD's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 0.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HTLD.

HTLD Growth Metrics

• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at -1.66%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 152.78%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -20.9%.

HTLD's revenue has moved up $13,798,000 over the prior 30 months.

The table below shows HTLD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	624.601	157.867	72.862
2021-03-31	631.346	174.225	71.302
2020-12-31	645.262	178.85	70.806
2020-09-30	656.699	169.98	65.921
2020-06-30	642.325	158.454	65.708
2020-03-31	623.596	150.66	68.887

HTLD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• HTLD has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 77.88% of graded US stocks.
• HTLD's asset turnover comes in at 0.654 -- ranking 38th of 138 Transportation stocks.
• DAC, OSG, and HUBG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HTLD.

The table below shows HTLD's key quality metrics over time.