With 0.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.6 million shares. During the session, the Trucking company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $9.13 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $8.865. The 52-week range on HTLD shows that it touched its highest point at $13.67 and its lowest point at $7.11 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.62. With its current market cap of 716.41 million, HTLD has annualized dividend of $0.08 while the current yield stands at 0.88%. HTLD paid its most recent dividend on 1742860800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1742860800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.06.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HTLD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 20.63%, but this was up by 8.06% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -19.29% while six-month performance fell -23.94%. The stock lost -20.56% in the past year, while it has lost -18.72% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HTLD yields -0.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.35. For the next quarter, that number is -0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 39.48% for this year and 251.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 78.54 million HTLD shares are outstanding with a float of 43.57 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-30, short shares totaled 1.07 million, which was 136.0 higher than short shares on 1743379200. In addition to Mr. Michael J. Gerdin as the firm’s Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Mr. Christopher Alan Strain CPA serves as its VP of Finance, Treasurer & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.52411 of HTLD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, HTLD reported revenue of $219420000.0 and operating income of -$16682000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $25075000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.18.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HTLD since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With HTLD analysts setting a high price target of 12.0 and a low target of 8.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 9.625. Based on these targets, HTLD could surge 31.58% to reach the target high and fall by -6.8% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 5.54% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.34733 being high and -$0.41884 being low. For HTLD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.38819.
