Insider and congress filings

Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD)

NASDAQ · Industrials · 22 insider transactions · 3 congress trades · last filed 2 months ago

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Median delay on the insider filings, in business days
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About Heartland Express, Inc.

from the company's filings and listing, as of Oct 22, 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Trucking
Chief executive
Michael J. Gerdin
Employees
3,630
Listed since
Nov 5, 1986
Market value
$793.4M
Price to earnings (12 mo)
-
Net income per share, as reported (12 mo)
-$0.16
Dividend yield
0.78%

www.heartlandexpress.com

Earnings

6 reported quarters · next on Feb 2, 2027
QuarterEPSEPS expectedRevenueRevenue expectedResult
Q3 FY2026reported Oct 20, 2026$0.01$0.03$179.5M$181.4MEPS missRevenue in line
Q2 FY2026reported Jul 30, 2026$0.14$0.00$184.1M$185.1MEPS beat, GAAPRevenue in line
Q1 FY2026reported Apr 23, 2026-$0.06-$0.13$176.3M$175.2MEPS beat, GAAPRevenue in line
Q4 FY2025reported Feb 3, 2026-$0.25-$0.07$179.4M$192.1MEPS missRevenue miss
Q3 FY2025reported Oct 31, 2025-$0.11-$0.11$196.5M$194.5MEPS in line, GAAPRevenue in line
Q2 FY2025reported Jul 24, 2025-$0.14-$0.08$210.4M$212.4MEPS miss, GAAPRevenue in line

Actual against the consensus estimate at the time. A flag marks a beat or a miss of more than 1.5% either way; inside that band the quarter is in line. A flag marked GAAP compares a GAAP figure the company reported with an adjusted consensus, two different measures, so a one-time gain or charge can move it either way. A flag reads n/a only when a number is missing. Quarterly EPS is the figure set against the consensus, usually adjusted, so the quarters need not add up to the 12-month net income per share above. An estimate is a forecast made by analysts, not a company target.

Executive pay

as filed for fiscal 2025 · proxy filed Apr 2, 2026
ExecutiveSalaryStock awardsOtherTotal
Mr. Michael J. GerdinChief Executive Officer, Chairman, President and Director$1.1M$0$20K$1.1M
Mr. Christopher A. StrainVice President of Finance, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer$364K$11K$17K$392K
Mr. Kent D. RigdonChief Operating Officer$328K$11K$7K$345K
Mr. Joshua S. HelmichChief Administrative Officer and Secretary$286K$11K$14K$311K
Mr. David P. MillisDirector and Millis Transfer President$190K$100K$4K$295K

The summary compensation table from the proxy statement for fiscal 2025, with titles as filed then. Executives who have since left are not shown. Read the filing

Institutional holders

13F positions as of Jun 30, 2026
HolderValueSharesShares vs prior qtr% of shares out
BlackRock, Inc.$104.5M6,867,465+1.1%8.87%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$60.9M4,003,566+3.4%5.17%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC$31.5M2,067,376-7.8%2.67%
State Street Corp$30.2M1,979,911-4.2%2.56%
American Century Companies Inc$26.4M1,735,169-5.2%2.24%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership$20.9M1,374,534+133.4%1.78%
Two Sigma Investments, LP$20.9M1,371,702-4.8%1.77%
Geode Capital Management, LLC$17.9M1,174,602-0.8%1.52%
Ameriprise Financial Inc$16.7M1,096,054+11.4%1.42%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc$14.8M973,500-10.7%1.26%
Wallace Capital Management Inc.$14.7M965,007-0.6%1.25%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC$12.5M819,448+1.0%1.06%

A 13F reports long US equity positions and is filed within 45 days of the quarter end, so these are positions as they stood on Jun 30, 2026. For a manager's whole book see the fund directory. What a 13F covers and leaves out is explained in our guide to Form 13F.

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Open-market insider trades

2 filings shown · newest filing first
InsiderActionSharesPriceValueTrade dateDelay
(business days)
David Paul MillisDirectorSold31,402$15.67$492KJun 15, 2026filed Jun 17, 20262d
David P. SpaldingDirectorBought2,000$15.69$31KJun 10, 2026filed Jun 12, 20262d

One row is one filing, newest filing first. A filing that reported its trade in several tranches is summed, priced at the weighted average, and marked with its line count. The delay counts business days from the trade to the filing, the unit of Form 4's two business day deadline: weekends and federal holidays are skipped. How the filing itself works is explained in our guide to Form 4.

Other Form 4 activity (20)
InsiderEventSharesDate
James G. PrattDirectorStock award5,000Aug 31, 2026
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust10% ownerGift4,474,456May 19, 2026
Michael J. GerdinDirectorGift4,474,456May 19, 2026
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust10% ownerStock award500May 15, 2026
Kris Eric EickmanVP of Information TechnologyTax withholding167May 15, 2026
Kris Eric EickmanVP of Information TechnologyStock award500May 15, 2026
Kent Daryl RigdonChief Operating OfficerTax withholding167May 15, 2026
Kent Daryl RigdonChief Operating OfficerStock award500May 15, 2026
Christopher Alan StrainVice President/CFO/TreasurerStock award500May 15, 2026
Joshua Stefan HelmichCAO and SecretaryTax withholding167May 15, 2026
Joshua Stefan HelmichCAO and SecretaryStock award500May 15, 2026
David Paul MillisPresident of Millis TransferTax withholding1,069Apr 22, 2026
David Paul MillisPresident of Millis TransferStock award2,866Apr 22, 2026
David Paul MillisPresident of Millis TransferTax withholding746Apr 24, 2026
David Paul MillisPresident of Millis TransferStock award2,000Apr 24, 2026
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust10% ownerGift10,000,000Dec 1, 2025
Michael J. GerdinDirectorGift10,000,000Dec 1, 2025
David Paul MillisPresident of Millis TransferTax withholding3,929Oct 22, 2025
David Paul MillisPresident of Millis TransferStock award11,947Oct 22, 2025
Kent Daryl RigdonChief Operating OfficerTax withholding70Oct 1, 2025

Awards, option exercises, shares withheld to cover tax and gifts all file on the same form as a purchase or a sale. None of them is a decision to trade, so they sit here rather than beside the ones that are.

Congress trades in HTLD

3 disclosures of 3 on record · median 20d of the 45 allowed

Since the trade: the stock's move from the trade date to the latest close we hold (figures as of Oct 24, 2026), not the member's result. Not investment advice.

MemberTypeActionAmount disclosedStock since the tradeTrade dateDisclosedDelay
Josh GottheimerJointStockSale$1,001 - $15,000-22.8%After the saleS&P 500 +39.6% · -62.4 pts vs S&P 500Jul 26, 2024Aug 15, 202420d
Josh GottheimerJointStockSale$1,001 - $15,000-38.5%After the saleS&P 500 +62.7% · -101.2 pts vs S&P 500Nov 4, 2021Dec 13, 202139d
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.StockPurchase$1,001 - $15,000-45.2%S&P 500 +195.0% · -240.2 pts vs S&P 500Mar 31, 2020Apr 16, 202016d

Since the trade is an estimate, set beside the S&P 500 over the same window, with the gap between the two in percentage points. The filing carries a band, not a fill, and a sale keeps the stock's sign, so a positive figure after a sale means the stock kept rising after it. An option row carries the underlying stock's move. A row marked n/a is one we hold no figure for.

Every Congress trade in HTLD, filterable by party, chamber, type and account.

Members of Congress reporting a position

1 member · estimate, as of Oct 21, 2026

1 member reports a position (estimated). The largest estimated position is in the $15,001 - $50,000 band.

MemberParty, chamberEstimated positionShare of their portfolio
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.Republican · House$15,001 - $50,0000.4%

Estimate, as of Oct 21, 2026. Each position is modelled from the member's disclosed transactions and annual filings: the midpoint of each disclosed band, moved with the stock's price since the trade. It is a rough estimate of a reported position, not a figure from a filing, which is why it is shown as a band. Share of portfolio sets that estimate against the member's whole estimated public-stock portfolio.

Questions

Are insiders buying or selling HTLD?

Across the 2 most recent open-market filings shown here, 1 was a purchase and 1 was a sale.

Which members of Congress have traded HTLD?

Josh Gottheimer and Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. disclosed HTLD transactions in the filings shown here.

Which members of Congress hold HTLD?

1 member of Congress reports a position in HTLD in the estimate we hold as of Oct 21, 2026. The estimated position belongs to Thomas H. Kean, Jr. The estimate is built from disclosed transactions and annual filings, so it is shown as a band rather than a figure from a filing.

How quickly are HTLD trades disclosed?

Insider filings on this page reached the public a median of 2 business days after the transaction (weekends and federal holidays skipped), against the two business days Form 4 allows. Congressional disclosures took a median of 20 days, against the 45 the STOCK Act allows.

How to read a Form 4

A DECISION THE INSIDER MADE

POpen-market purchase. Bought with their own money at the market price.
SOpen-market sale. Sold on the market. A sale marked scheduled was set up in advance under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, often months before.

COMPENSATION PLUMBING

AStock award. Granted as pay, not bought.
MOption exercise. Converting options already held into shares.
FTax withholding. Shares handed back to the company to pay the tax on a grant.
GGift. Given away, with no money changing hands.

Congress rows disclose a value range rather than an exact amount, and the STOCK Act allows up to 45 days to report. Full sourcing and the limits of this data are on the methodology page. A filing is a record of a transaction, not a signal, and nothing here is investment advice.

Data as of Oct 26, 2026.

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