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Michael J Gerdin bought $1.2M of HTLD

Chief Executive Officer at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC. 148,272 shares at an average of $7.85, traded May 5, 2025, filed May 7, 2025.

Conviction score
81
Value
$1.2M
148,272 shares
Holdings after
1,461,868
+11% from before
From 52-week low
+5%
low $7.28, close $7.63
From 52-week high
-39%
high $12.57, as of May 5, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $1.2M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 11%
    +3
  • Price context
    5% above the 52-week low; 39% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    4 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -28% over 3 past buys
    -5

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +14.5%, 3m +5.1%, 6m +2.6%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

HTLDOct 13, 2026 · close 10.86
Since filing May 7, 2025: +45.4%SPY +40.9% · excess +4.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001212393-25-000006, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 5, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Trustee of Trust
+148,272$7.85$1.2M1,461,868May 7, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
53Moderate
HTLDsell
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
David Paul Millis
President of Millis Transfer
$492k
31,402 shares
-53%
28Weak
HTLDbuy
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
David P Spalding
director
$31k
2,000 shares
-
41Moderate
HTLDbuy
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Michael J Gerdin
Chief Executive Officer
$246k
30,000 shares
+2%
47Moderate
HTLDbuy 4
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
James G Pratt
director
$59k
6,571 shares
+28%
59Moderate
HTLDbuy 4
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust
owner, other
$1.5M
167,644 shares
+16%
42Moderate
HTLDbuy 4
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Amanda Hupfeld
director
$18k
2,000 shares
-
83Strong
HTLDbuy 4
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Michael J Gerdin
Chief Executive Officer
$1.3M
148,272 shares
+51%
71Notable
HTLDbuy 4
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust
owner, other
$3.1M
396,693 shares
+27%
37Weak
HTLDbuy 2
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust
owner, other
$606k
49,506 shares
+6%
33Weak
HTLDbuy 2
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Michael J Gerdin
Chief Executive Officer
$20k
1,683 shares
+0%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Michael J Gerdin bought $1.2M of HTLD | InsiderTell