Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD) Dividends

HTLD Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. In the case of HTLD, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of positive 177.33% in comparison to its current price. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for Heartland Express Inc are:

• Relative to all dividend yielding stocks in our set, HTLD offers a dividend yield in the bottom 0.55% of its fellow sector mates.
• If we compare the valuation opportunity a dividend discount model provides relative to other dividend stocks in the Industrials sector, Heartland Express Inc's expected return of 177.33% is higher than 91.3% of its fellow sector mates.
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, Heartland Express Inc bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 91.3% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
• In terms of who is growing the amount of dividends they return to shareholders, Heartland Express Inc has been increasing its dividends at a faster rate than 94.18% of US-listed dividend-issuing stocks we observed.

HTLD Dividends vs. Peers