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James G Pratt bought $59k of HTLD

director at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC. 6,571 shares at an average of $8.96, traded May 14, 2025, filed May 16, 2025.

Conviction score
47
Value
$59k
6,571 shares
Holdings after
30,000
+28% from before
From 52-week low
+24%
low $7.28, close $9.01
From 52-week high
-28%
high $12.57, as of May 14, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $59k at market
    +7
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 28%
    +6
  • Price context
    28% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    4 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

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 -4.0%, 3m -8.3%, 6m -16.6%.

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 9, 2026 · close 11.12
Since filing May 16, 2025: +24.2%SPY +33.1% · excess -8.9%

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 0001259736-25-000002, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 14, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Trust
+6,571$8.96$59k30,000May 16, 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%
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%
81Strong
HTLDbuy 4
HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
Michael J Gerdin
Chief Executive Officer
$1.2M
148,272 shares
+11%
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.

James G Pratt bought $59k of HTLD | InsiderTell