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Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Competitors

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$148.11 -1.79 (-1.19%)
Closing price 09/3/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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ODFL vs. ARCB, JBHT, LSTR, SAIA, KNX, XPO, UHAL, R, CAR, and WERN

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 Werner Enterprises (WERN). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 10 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 7 mentions for ArcBest. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat ArcBest's score of 0.98 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Old Dominion Freight Line
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ArcBest
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% 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.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus target price of $167.62, indicating a potential upside of 13.17%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.07%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Old Dominion Freight Line.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Old Dominion Freight Line
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
ArcBest
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line$5.81B5.35$1.19B$5.1228.93
ArcBest$4.18B0.39$173.96M$6.7210.79

Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Old Dominion Freight Line19.42% 25.94% 19.95%
ArcBest 3.90%8.67%4.66%

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats ArcBest on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ODFL vs. The Competition

MetricOld Dominion Freight LineTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.73B$6.69B$7.26B$9.75B
Dividend Yield0.74%1.29%958.41%4.49%
P/E Ratio28.9328.4513.5926.60
Price / Sales5.351.43430.78158.37
Price / Cash21.069.477.9228.92
Price / Book7.363.402.196.56
Net Income$1.19B$167.24M$571.12M$266.04M
7 Day Performance-1.06%-2.24%-0.74%-0.89%
1 Month Performance2.60%1.26%4.62%4.34%
1 Year Performance-24.29%-14.13%11.62%24.06%

Old Dominion Freight Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.2661 of 5 stars
$148.11
-1.2%
$167.62
+13.2%
-24.0%$31.73B$5.81B28.9321,895
ARCB
ArcBest
4.8829 of 5 stars
$74.87
-2.9%
$90.00
+20.2%
-31.1%$1.70B$4.05B11.1414,000Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.9218 of 5 stars
$142.75
-4.9%
$164.90
+15.5%
-16.0%$13.82B$12.09B25.9533,646Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.592 of 5 stars
$132.93
-2.1%
$145.17
+9.2%
-28.0%$4.61B$4.82B27.871,441Positive News
SAIA
Saia
3.6004 of 5 stars
$308.66
-3.6%
$347.16
+12.5%
-23.5%$8.22B$3.24B28.5015,300Positive News
Short Interest ↓
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.8905 of 5 stars
$43.53
-3.2%
$53.88
+23.8%
-17.0%$7.06B$7.41B42.6735,300Positive News
XPO
XPO
4.0302 of 5 stars
$134.70
-2.0%
$138.00
+2.5%
+11.5%$15.86B$8.07B46.6138,000News Coverage
Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
0.5587 of 5 stars
$57.35
-2.8%
N/A-18.4%$11.24B$5.91B26.5532,200News Coverage
R
Ryder System
4.1095 of 5 stars
$183.92
-1.4%
$186.50
+1.4%
+33.4%$7.50B$12.64B15.6450,700Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.6097 of 5 stars
$153.17
-1.5%
$143.80
-6.1%
+108.6%$5.39B$11.29B-2.4224,000Positive News
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.5848 of 5 stars
$28.95
-2.0%
$30.50
+5.4%
-23.5%$1.73B$3.03B33.669,287Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ODFL) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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