Morgan Stanley raises Heartland Express stock target to USD 13.00

Published on 10/15/2026 at 23:01 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Next results are scheduled for October 29, 2026. Heartland Express stock costs EUR 9.93 on October 15, 2026 after hours.

Analyst target and reporting date

Morgan Stanley adjusted its Heartland Express target from USD 10.00 to USD 13.00 on October 8, 2026.
Heartland Express reported USD 184.1 million in second-quarter 2026 revenue, down 13.00 percent year over year.
Heartland Express stock costs EUR 9.93 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 10:59 p.m. CEST.
Heartland Express is scheduled to report its next results on October 29, 2026.

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Morgan Stanley adjusted its Heartland Express target from USD 10.00 to USD 13.00 on October 8, 2026, putting the target 16.80 percent above the Nasdaq price of USD 11.13. Moomoo News reported that analyst Ravi Shanker kept a Hold rating while raising the target from USD 10.00.

Heartland Express stock was trading at EUR 9.93 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 10:59 p.m. CEST, after the Xetra session.

Revenue remains the central test

Heartland Express generated USD 184.1 million of revenue in the second quarter of 2026, a 13.00 percent decline from the year-ago quarter. Net income reached USD 10.6 million, while diluted earnings per share came to USD 0.14. Simply Wall St reported the revenue decline and the return to quarterly profit.

Price position and trading activity

The Nasdaq price was last at USD 11.13 on October 15, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ET. Heartland Express has a 52-week range of USD 7.00 to USD 16.64, and the latest volume was 512,646 shares against an average of 738,093 shares. The euro quotation therefore sits below the upper half of the company's broad annual range when viewed alongside the home-market price.

Valuation and October 29 results

Heartland Express had a market capitalization of USD 860.7 million, a trailing P/E of minus 39.44 and a dividend yield of 0.01 percent on October 15, 2026. Investing.com identifies Nasdaq as the listing and names October 29, 2026 as the next earnings date. That date gives the next clear checkpoint for whether the second-quarter recovery can continue.

Comparison with peers

Heartland Express (Nasdaq, USD): P/E minus 39.44, market capitalization USD 860.7 million
Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE, USD): plus 3.27 percent, P/E 252.73, market capitalization USD 10.6 billion
Schneider National (NYSE, USD): plus 1.06 percent, P/E 49.28, market capitalization USD 5.5 billion

Euro quote and Nasdaq context

For investors in Germany, the key distinction is venue: the euro quotation is an after-hours indication, while the Nasdaq price supplies the home-market context. Heartland Express combines a USD 13.00 Morgan Stanley target with a latest quarterly revenue decline, leaving the October 29 results as the next dated operating test. The stock's USD 0.02 quarterly dividend, payable October 7, 2026, was previously covered in the company's recent market record.

The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Heartland Express stock.