Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

Heartland Express continues its long-running dividend program with a $0.02 quarterly cash payout and over $566 million paid since 2003.

Rhea-AI Impact

(Neutral)

Rhea-AI Sentiment

(Neutral)How Sentiment works

Sentiment and the balance of points

Rhea-AI Sentiment reads the wording of the document, how positive or negative its language is on a 1 to 5 scale. The balance of points shown with the takes weighs what the document actually discloses, so the two can disagree, for example when a trial that missed its main goal is described in upbeat language.

How Sentiment works How the balance works

Rhea-AI Summary

Heartland Express (HTLD) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share, payable October 7, 2026 to shareholders of record on September 25, 2026.

The company estimates a total dividend payout of $1.5 million on approximately 77 million common shares. This represents Heartland’s 93rd consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Cumulatively, the company will have paid $566.1 million in cash dividends since initiating its dividend program in the third quarter of 2003, including four special dividends.

Positive

$0.02 quarterly dividend per share payable October 7, 2026
Estimated total dividend payout of $1.5 million on about 77 million shares
93rd consecutive quarterly dividend, signaling ongoing cash returns to shareholders
Cumulative cash dividends of $566.1 million since 2003, including four specials

Negative

None.

Argus Sep 16 session 26 alerts

-5.11% close to close 3.0x rel. volume Open Argus

Details

News Market Reaction – HTLD

-2.6% Trough in 5 hr 50 min

$927.99M Mkt Cap at Peak Alert

On Sep 16, the first trading day after this news, HTLD closed 5.11% below the previous close. Argus tracked a trough of -2.6% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner recorded 26 alerts for this stock that day. That session’s volume was 3.0x the stock’s average daily volume.

Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Sep 16 session.

AI-generated analysis. How Rhea-AI works. Not financial advice.

See more from StockTitan in Google Search and AI answers. Adds StockTitan as a preferred source · opens Google

Add on Google

09/15/2026 - 05:00 PM EDT

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend. The $0.02 per share dividend will be paid on October 7, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 25, 2026. We currently estimate that a total of $1.5 million will be paid on the Company's approximate seventy-seven million shares of common stock. This is the Company's ninety-third consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, the Company will have paid a total of $566.1 million in cash dividends, including four special dividends since the dividend program was implemented in the third quarter of 2003.

The press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are based on information currently available. These statements and assumptions involve certain risks and uncertainties. Actual events may differ from these expectations as specified from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to the extent it becomes aware that it will not be achieved for any reason.

For further information contact
Michael J. Gerdin, CEO
Christopher A. Strain, CFO
Heartland Express, Inc.
319-645-7060