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Heartland Express (Heartland Express) Dividend Yield % : 0.77% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Heartland Express Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-27), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Heartland Express is 0.77%.

Good Sign:

Heartland Express Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Heartland Express's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

HTLD' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.29   Med: 0.42   Max: 0.77
Current: 0.77

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Heartland Express was 0.77%. The lowest was 0.29%. And the median was 0.42%.

HTLD's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
89.44% of 625 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 3.02 vs HTLD: 0.77

Heartland Express's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.33.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Heartland Express was 0.44. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.12.

As of today (2024-04-27), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Heartland Express is 0.77%.

Heartland Express's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.02.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Heartland Express was 55.40% per year. The lowest was 2.20% per year. And the median was 13.55% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Heartland Express Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Heartland Express's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Heartland Express Dividend Yield % Chart

Heartland Express Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.38 0.44 0.48 0.51 0.56

Heartland Express Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.51 0.50 0.49 0.54 0.56

Competitive Comparison of Heartland Express's Dividend Yield %

For the Trucking subindustry, Heartland Express's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Heartland Express's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Heartland Express's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heartland Express's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Heartland Express Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Heartland Express Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0202024-03-252024-03-262024-04-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0202023-12-042023-12-052023-12-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0202023-09-222023-09-252023-10-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0202023-06-232023-06-262023-07-06Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Heartland Express's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.08/10.36
=0.77 %

Current Share Price is $10.36.
Heartland Express's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.08.

Heartland Express's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.08/10.36
=0.77 %

Current Share Price is $10.36.
Heartland Express's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.02 * 4 = $0.08.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Heartland Express  (NAS:HTLD) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Heartland Express (Heartland Express) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
901 Heartland Way, North Liberty, IA, USA, 52317
Heartland Express Inc is engaged in providing truckload services across the United States and Canada. These truckload services are primarily asset-based transportation services in the dry van truckload market, and it also offers truckload temperature-controlled transportation services. The company's major customers represent primarily the consumer goods, appliances, food products, and automotive industries.
Executives
Michael J Gerdin director, officer: PRESIDENT 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust 10 percent owner, other: Co-Trustee of 10% Owner 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Michael John Sullivan director 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Brenda M Lantz director 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Todd A Smith officer: President of Smith Transport 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Christopher Alan Strain officer: Vice President/CFO/Treasurer 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Brenda S Neville director 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
David Paul Millis director 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Jo Anne Borden officer: VP of HR and Risk Management 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
James G Pratt director 11 THE WOODS NE, IOWA CITY IA 52240
Angela K Janssen other: Co-Trustee of 10% Owner 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Julie J Durr other: Co-Trustee of 10% Owner 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Larry J. Gordon director 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Kent Daryl Rigdon officer: Vice President of Sales 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Tahira K Hira director 901 N KANSAS AVE, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317

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