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モルガン・スタンレーは、ハートランド・エクスプレスは第3四半期に料金値上げの恩恵を最大限に享受できる可能性が高いと述べている。

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-- モルガン・スタンレーは金曜日のレポートで、ハートランド・エクスプレス(HTLD)の運賃値上げは勢いを増しているものの、契約改定サイクルにより、その効果が完全に現れるのは第3四半期になる可能性が高いと指摘した。 同証券会社によると、運賃値上げ率は現在、一桁台半ばの水準にとどまっており、需要増というよりも輸送能力の制約が主な要因となっている。また、一部の貨物輸送量がブローカーや経営難に陥った運送会社からハートランド・エクスプレスに回帰していることも要因の一つだという。 同レポートによると、ハートランド・エクスプレスは第1四半期決算報告で、統合が「目に見える形で」進展し、コスト管理も徹底していることを示した。営業損失は大幅に縮小し、天候や燃料価格の変動といった課題にもかかわらず、3月にかけて事業の勢いは強まっている。 今四半期は「明確な好転の転換点」を示しており、下半期にかけてより良好な環境が見込まれるものの、モルガン・スタンレーは、ハートランドが持続的な収益性と100%を下回る営業利益率を継続的に達成できるまでは、引き続き慎重な姿勢を維持すると述べた。 モルガン・スタンレーは、ハートランド株の投資判断を「イコールウェイト」に据え置き、目標株価を8ドルから12ドルに引き上げた。

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