Added to YB: 2025-08-29
Pitch date: 2025-07-09
HTLD [bullish]
Heartland Express, Inc.
+54.23%
current return
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Company Info
Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides short, medium, and long-haul truckload carrier and transportation services in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Market Cap
$954.7M
Pitch Price
$9.26
Price Target
16.63 (+16%)
Dividend
0.65%
EV/EBITDA
10.69
P/E
-22.03
EV/Sales
1.39
Sector
Ground Transportation
Category
turnaround
Heartland Express, Inc. - $HTLD
HTLD: Trucking co at multi-decade lows post-poorly timed CFI/Smith acquisitions during 3yr industry downturn. Trades 0.7x sales, 5.8x EV/EBITDA near trough. Target $16.63 (78% upside) on DCF assuming 85% op ratio recovery by 2028. CEO owns 41%, bought $4.3M stock. Owns 4.5K tractors, valuable terminals. $200M debt vs historical net cash position.
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