Heartland Express (HTLD) Company Overview

Although the revenue and EPS for Heartland Express (HTLD) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Heartland Express (HTLD) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.02 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.04. This compares to earnings of $0.06 per share a year ago.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend. The $0.02 per share dividend will be paid on January 8, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2024. We currently estimate that a total of approximately $1.6 million will be paid on the Company's 78.5 million shares of common stock. This is the Company's eighty-sixth consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, the Company will have paid a total of $555.2 million in cash dividends, including four special dividends since the dividend program was implemented in the third quarter of 2003.

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Heartland Express (HTLD) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.12 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.02. This compares to loss of $0.14 per share a year ago.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

The headline numbers for Heartland Express (HTLD) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend. The $0.02 per share dividend will be paid on October 7, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 27, 2024. We currently estimate that a total of approximately $1.6 million will be paid on the Company's 78.5 million shares of common stock. This is the Company's eighty-fifth consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, the Company will have paid a total of $553.6 million in cash dividends, including four special dividends since the dividend program was implemented in the third quarter of 2003.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced that Chris Strain, Chief Financial Officer, will participate at the Morgan Stanley 12th Annual Laguna Conference on Thursday, September 12, 2024.