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

HTLD POWR Grades

• HTLD scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 77.05% of US stocks.
• HTLD's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• HTLD ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 31st percentile.

HTLD Stock Summary

• HTLD's went public 32.55 years ago, making it older than 85.49% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Of note is the ratio of HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 2.44% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC's share price is greater than that of only 9.78% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC, a group of peers worth examining would be CNNE, SGU, GL, CNA, and FRFHF.
• HTLD's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC's official web site, go to www.heartlandexpress.com.

HTLD Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, HTLD's price/earnings ratio is 51.06% lower, now standing at 8.1.
• Over the past 243 months, HTLD's price/sales ratio has gone down 1.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HTLD.

HTLD Growth Metrics

Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 191.49%.
• The year over year price growth rate now stands at -26.17%.
• Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -3.29%.

HTLD's revenue has moved up $63,259,000 over the prior 33 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
2022-06-30	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
2021-03-31	631.346	174.225	71.302

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.