Heartland Express Inc expected to post earnings of 18  cents a share - Earnings Preview

Heartland Express

21/04/2021 03:44

* Heartland Express Inc  HTLD.OQ   HTLD.O  is expected to show
a fall in quarterly revenue when it reports results on April 19
(estimated).
* The North Liberty, Iowa-based company is expected to report  a
3.9% decrease in revenue to $159.8 million from $166.32 million
a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 6 analysts,
based on Refinitiv data.​​
​* Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Heartland Express Inc
is for earnings of 18 cents per share. For the same quarter last
year, the company reported earnings of 16 cents per share.
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and
the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy," 6
"hold" and 1 "sell" or "strong sell." 
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the
last three months.​
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Heartland
Express Inc is $20​, about 2.4% above​ its last closing price
of $19.52. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Dec. 31 2020  0.22        0.22       0.22      Met     1.5
 Sep. 30 2020  0.25        0.25       0.25      Met     0
 Jun. 30 2020  0.14        0.14       0.24      Beat    74.2​
 Mar. 31 2020  0.13        0.13       0.16      Beat    22
 Dec.          0.23​       0.23       0.16      Missed  -31.8​
 31​ 2019​                                              
 Sep. 30 2019  0.25        0.25       0.25      Met     -1.2​
 Jun. 30 2019  0.25        0.25       0.27      Beat    9.8
 Mar. 31 2019  0.19        0.20       0.21      Beat    6
 This summary was machine generated April 21 at 02:44 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated