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

HTLD POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where HTLD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 84.45% of US stocks.
• HTLD's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• HTLD ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 14th percentile.

HTLD Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 2.51% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 557.18%, HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC's debt growth rate surpasses 96.72% of about US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, HTLD is more volatile than just 13.29% of stocks 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, HEXO, SNDR, GL, and SUNL.
• 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

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, HTLD's EV/EBIT ratio is 45.77% lower, now standing at 9.3.
• HTLD's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.9 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HTLD.

HTLD Growth Metrics

Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -29.02%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -59.68%.
• The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 2.11%.

HTLD's revenue has moved up $131,710,000 over the prior 49 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
2022-09-30	761.214	140.274	138.431
2022-06-30	639.85	119.151	138.482
2022-03-31	606.157	125.579	82.318
2021-12-31	607.284	123.418	79.277
2021-09-30	614.931	141.557	76.614
2021-06-30	624.601	157.867	72.862

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 80.98% of graded US stocks.
• HTLD's asset turnover comes in at 0.645 -- ranking 38th of 137 Transportation stocks.
• DAC, KNOP, 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.