Old Dominion Freight Line Stock Forecast, Price & News

Old Dominion Freight Line's stock was trading at $180.00 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ODFL stock has increased by 15.2% and is now trading at $207.39.
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13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Old Dominion Freight Line in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Old Dominion Freight Line stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ODFL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Old Dominion Freight Line is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Old Dominion Freight Line will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODFL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 27th. The transportation company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.20. The transportation company earned $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. Old Dominion Freight Line had a return on equity of 20.47% and a net margin of 15.87%. The firm's revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.05 earnings per share.
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Old Dominion Freight Line announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, December 16th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 1st.
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Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.30%. The dividend payout ratio of Old Dominion Freight Line is 11.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Old Dominion Freight Line will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.73% next year. This indicates that Old Dominion Freight Line will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Old Dominion Freight Line shares split before market open on Tuesday, March 24th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Friday, February 21st 2020. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, March 23rd 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of Old Dominion Freight Line stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Old Dominion Freight Line announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 16th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 2.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

13 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Old Dominion Freight Line's shares. Their forecasts range from $174.00 to $235.00. On average, they anticipate Old Dominion Freight Line's stock price to reach $204.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%.
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Old Dominion Freight Line trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ODFL."

Old Dominion Freight Line's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%), TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.01%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Old Dominion Freight Line stock include David J Bates, David S Congdon, Earl E Congdon, Gregory B Plemmons and Leo H Suggs.
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ODFL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Sowell Financial Services LLC. Company insiders that have sold Old Dominion Freight Line company stock in the last year include David J Bates, and Leo H Suggs.
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ODFL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Kovack Advisors Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, NuWave Investment Management LLC, OneAscent Financial Services LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, and Shulman DeMeo Asset Management LLC.
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Shares of ODFL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ODFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $207.39.

Old Dominion Freight Line has a market capitalization of $24.33 billion and generates $4.11 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $615.52 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.11 on an earnings per share basis. Old Dominion Freight Line employs 20,105 workers across the globe.

The official website for Old Dominion Freight Line is www.odfl.com.

Old Dominion Freight Line's mailing address is 500 OLD DOMINION WAY, THOMASVILLE NC, 27360. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 336-889-5000 or via email at [email protected]