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Heartland Express HTLD

US equityMarket cap rank #3337Trucking
$11.28 −$0.05 (-0.44%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $11.28 0.00%
Open$11.21
Prev close$11.33
Day range$11.01 – $11.40
Volume601.6K
Market cap$872.31M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield0.71%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership74.1%+0.77 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding245+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)32 buys / 18 sellsNet buying
Short interest4.52% of floatDays to cover 5.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share23.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%22%28%35%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.04M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$2.2MSuper+$1.1MBig+$529.1KMid+$977.5KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 40.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Gerdin Heartland Trust12.01%
  • Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust11.56%
  • BlackRock8.88%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.18%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.06%
  • Michael Gerdin2.57%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.56%
  • American Century Investment Management2.24%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund43.30%
  • Private Company23.91%
  • Individual/Insider6.59%
  • Hedge Fund4.17%
  • Public Company1.43%
  • Government Pension Fund0.66%
  • Insurance Company0.54%
  • Family Office/Trust0.06%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.78% to 4.52% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +394,107 0.5%
Calamos Investments LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +187,882 0.2%
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust Private Company 2026/Q3 +4,474,456 11.6%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +785,724 1.8%
Frontier Capital Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +468,578 0.6%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +436,333 0.6%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +281,282 0.5%
Russell Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +256,159 0.5%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +162,564 0.2%
EVR Research LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +150,000 0.6%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +129,913 5.2%
Campbell & Company, LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +115,112 0.1%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +112,563 1.4%
Dean Investment Associates, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +110,092 0.6%
Acadian Asset Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +108,892 0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
30 Aug 2026 James Pratt Independent Director Other Acquisition +5,000 – 35,000
14 Jun 2026 David Millis Director & President of Millis Transfer Open Market Disposition -31,402 $15.67 28,387
9 Jun 2026 David Spalding Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +2,000 $15.69 2,000
18 May 2026 Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust Other Acquisition +4,474,456 – 8,939,532
14 May 2026 Michael Gerdin Chairperson & CEO Other Acquisition +500 – 2,022,437
14 May 2026 Christopher Strain VP of Finance, Treasurer & CFO Other Acquisition +500 – 21,500
14 May 2026 Kent Rigdon Chief Operating Officer Sale to Issuer -167 $13.30 1,360
14 May 2026 Kent Rigdon Chief Operating Officer Other Acquisition +500 – 1,360
14 May 2026 Kris Eickman Former Officer Sale to Issuer -167 $13.30 8,320
14 May 2026 Kris Eickman Former Officer Other Acquisition +500 – 8,320
14 May 2026 Joshua Helmich VP, Controller & Secretary Sale to Issuer -167 $13.30 7,946
14 May 2026 Joshua Helmich VP, Controller & Secretary Other Acquisition +500 – 7,946
23 Apr 2026 David Millis Director & President of Millis Transfer Sale to Issuer -1,815 $13.03 59,788
23 Apr 2026 David Millis Director & President of Millis Transfer Other Acquisition +4,866 – 59,788
30 Nov 2025 Michael Gerdin Chairperson & CEO Other Acquisition +10,000,000 – 18,379,306
30 Nov 2025 Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust Other Disposition -10,000,000 – 4,465,076
21 Oct 2025 David Millis Director & President of Millis Transfer Sale to Issuer -3,929 $8.37 56,737
21 Oct 2025 David Millis Director & President of Millis Transfer Other Acquisition +11,947 – 56,737
30 Sep 2025 Kent Rigdon Chief Operating Officer Sale to Issuer -70 $8.33 1,027
30 Sep 2025 Joshua Helmich VP, Controller & Secretary Sale to Issuer -70 $8.33 7,613

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 3,497,403 4.5% 5.9
31 Aug 2026 3,370,387 4.4% 4.9
14 Aug 2026 2,884,267 3.7% 3.6
31 Jul 2026 2,845,404 3.7% 3.7
15 Jul 2026 2,106,405 2.7% 4.6
30 Jun 2026 2,153,196 2.8% 2.9

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