ODFL vs. ARCB, JBHT, LSTR, SAIA, KNX, XPO, UHAL, R, CAR, and HTZ
Should you be buying Old Dominion Freight Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Dominion Freight Line include ArcBest (ARCB), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Old Dominion Freight Line vs. Its Competitors
Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus price target of $167.62, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.33%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Old Dominion Freight Line.
Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Old Dominion Freight Line has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Old Dominion Freight Line is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 19.42% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 3.90%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 25.94% beat ArcBest's return on equity.
In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 20 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 7 mentions for ArcBest. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat ArcBest's score of 0.79 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Old Dominion Freight Line beats ArcBest on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ODFL) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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