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Michael J Gerdin bought $1.1M of HTLD

Chief Executive Officer at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC. 82,509 shares at an average of $13.92, traded Dec 11, 2023, filed Dec 13, 2023.

Conviction score
65
Value
$1.1M
82,509 shares
Holdings after
57,709
+19% from before
From 52-week low
+19%
low $11.40, close $13.61
From 52-week high
-21%
high $17.20, as of Dec 11, 2023

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $1.1M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 19%
    +3
  • Price context
    21% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    2 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -28% over 8 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 -4.7%, 3m -11.7%, 6m -14.1%.

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 Dec 13, 2023: -19.2%SPY +71.5% · excess -90.7%

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 0001212393-23-000028, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 11, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Trustee of Trust
+24,800$13.98$347k452,594Dec 13, 2023
Dec 11, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Spouse is Trustee of Shares Held by Trust
+39,675$13.97$554k39,675Dec 13, 2023
Dec 12, 2023POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Spouse is Trustee of Shares Held by Trust
+18,034$13.70$247k57,709Dec 13, 2023

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%
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%

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 $1.1M of HTLD | InsiderTell