HTLD
Heartland Express, Inc.
HTLD's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over HTLD overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
HTLD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Stable | |
| Weak | |
| Strong |
HTLD's balance sheet is currently strong, and its profitability is stable, but its revenue and cash flow are under pressure.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
HTLD PE Valuation
HTLD has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 29x next year's earnings.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
HTLD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect HTLD to return to profit, with revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
HTLD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.36 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.15 | +$0.31 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.27 | +$0.20 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.55 | -$0.18 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.67 | -$0.29 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.18 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.47 | -$0.17 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.37 | -$0.21 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.38 | -300% |
HTLD lost $0.15 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
HTLD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $179.5M | -8.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $184.1M | -12% |
| Q1 2026 | $176.3M | -20% |
| Q4 2025 | $179.4M | -26% |
| Q3 2025 | $196.5M | -24% |
| Q2 2025 | $210.4M | -23% |
| Q1 2025 | $219.4M | -19% |
| Q4 2024 | $242.6M | -12% |
HTLD's revenue has slid since its 2022 peak: $180M last quarter, down 8.7% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.3% | +5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 9% | +15 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1.9% | +4.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | -13% | -13 points |
| Q3 2025 | -3.7% | -0.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | -5.9% | -6 points |
| Q1 2025 | -6.8% | -1.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.4% | -3.5 points |
HTLD's operating margin was 1.3% last quarter, up 5 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
HTLD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$7.4M | +$4.7M |
| Q2 2026 | -$34.6M | -$21.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $5.1M | +125% |
| Q4 2025 | -$44.2M | +$1.3M |
| Q3 2025 | -$12.2M | -149% |
| Q2 2025 | -$12.8M | -143% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.3M | -91% |
| Q4 2024 | -$45.5M | -601% |
HTLD has burned cash in six of the last eight quarters: −$81M over the past year, against −$68M the year before.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
HTLD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.1% | -45K shares |
| 1 year | -0.2% | -126K shares |
| 3 years | -2.2% | -1.7M shares |
| 5 years | -2.5% | -2M shares |
| Available history | -5.6% | -4.6M shares |
HTLD has the edge over VRT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $35,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $1.4M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has 393M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
HTLD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 1.0x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.1x | Healthy |
HTLD's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 1.1 years a year ago.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
HTLD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 10.0 | Oversold |
HTLD's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
HTLD PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | HTLD | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
HTLD has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
HTLD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $10.8 | 3.8% below |
| 20 week MA | $12.2 | 15% below |
| 50 week MA | $11.9 | 13% below |
| 100 week MA | $10.5 | 1.1% below |
| 200 week MA | $12.0 | 14% below |
HTLD is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 14% below its 200-week average.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
HTLD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $20.9 | $18.2 | -13% |
| 2021 | $18.2 | $16.6 | -9% |
| 2022 | $16.6 | $15.8 | -4.9% |
| 2023 | $15.8 | $14.3 | -9.5% |
| 2024 | $14.3 | $11.1 | -22% |
| 2025 | $11.1 | $9.20 | -17% |
| 2026 YTD | $9.20 | $10.4 | +13% |
HTLD has finished every year since 2020 lower, and it's up 13% so far in 2026.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over HTLD on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.