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

HTLD POWR Grades

• HTLD scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 94.47% of US stocks.
• HTLD's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• HTLD ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 29th 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 2.55% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Heartland Express Inc is higher than it is for about merely 0.5% of US stocks.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for Heartland Express Inc comes in at -5.89%, a number that bests only 13.04% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Heartland Express Inc are LMFA, CNNE, BHF, SNDR, and CPG.
• 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

• 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

The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -7.98%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -1.34%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at -16.58%.

HTLD's revenue has moved down $104,325,000 over the prior 70 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
2021-12-31	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
2020-12-31	645.262	178.85	70.806
2020-09-30	656.699	169.98	65.921

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.