Ratings Heartland Express, Inc.

Equities

HTLD

US4223471040

Market Closed - Nasdaq Other stock markets 04:00:00 2024-05-08 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
11.2 ^USD	+2.38%		+7.69%	-21.46%

May. 01	Morgan Stanley Trims Price Target on Heartland Express to $12 From $13, Keeps Equalweight Rating	MT
Apr. 30	Barclays Adjusts Price Target on Heartland Express to $10 From $11, Maintains Underweight Rating	MT

Summary

From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation

Strengths

With regards to fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 0.86 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
The company has a low valuation given the cash flows generated by its activity.
Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
The company has insufficient levels of profitability.
The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.

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Sector: Ground Freight & Logistics

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