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Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD) short interest & options flow

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Heartland Express goes into its October 30 results with a stock down 13% over the past month, two fresh analyst cuts on the tape this week, and an options market that continues to position aggressively for a recovery. UBS trimmed its target to $12 from $13 on Wednesday while keeping Neutral. That followed Baird's Dan Moore dropping his rating to Neutral from Outperform on Tuesday…

Latest pulse20 Oct 2026

HTLD Baird downgrades to Neutral from Outperform, cuts target to $12 from $16. Stock at $10.53, down 11.3% this month.

$10.56+3.33% 1d+5.39% 1w-11.26% 1mClose: 2 Nov 2026
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Market cap
$789M
Next earnings
3 Feb 2027
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Key data as of 3 Nov 2026

ORTEX chart of Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 2, 2026

Latest signals on HTLD

  • Analyst

    HTLD Baird downgrades to Neutral from Outperform, cuts target to $12 from $16. Stock at $10.53, down 11.3% this month.

  • Options

    HTLD put-call ratio plunges to 0.24, 4.1 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 0.49: traders are heavily favoring calls on the trucking operator as it trades near $10.53, down 12% this month.

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