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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

ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term 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
ArcBest3.90% 8.67% 4.66%
Old Dominion Freight Line 19.42%25.94%19.95%

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
ArcBest$4.05B0.39$173.96M$6.7210.32
Old Dominion Freight Line$5.64B5.26$1.19B$5.1227.55

ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ArcBest pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 21.9% 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 increased 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.

ArcBest has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 9 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 3 mentions for ArcBest. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Old Dominion Freight Line's score of 1.01 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

ArcBest currently has a consensus target price of $89.17, indicating a potential upside of 28.52%. Old Dominion Freight Line has a consensus target price of $166.95, indicating a potential upside of 18.36%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Old Dominion Freight Line.

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

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats ArcBest on 12 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$29.65B$6.34B$7.18B$10.35B
Dividend Yield0.80%1.39%949.06%4.58%
P/E Ratio27.5527.1414.0726.43
Price / Sales5.261.41534.3191.04
Price / Cash19.388.977.9561.85
Price / Book7.103.252.466.39
Net Income$1.19B$167.24M$561.52M$271.22M
7 Day Performance-0.51%-1.66%0.88%2.78%
1 Month Performance-11.36%-9.84%6.69%7.35%
1 Year Performance-28.91%-18.66%8.26%29.64%

Old Dominion Freight Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.1265 of 5 stars
$141.06
+1.2%
$166.95
+18.4%
-29.0%$29.65B$5.64B27.5521,895Positive News
ARCB
ArcBest
4.772 of 5 stars
$71.37
+1.5%
$89.17
+24.9%
-37.1%$1.62B$4.05B10.6214,000
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8711 of 5 stars
$136.35
-1.1%
$165.00
+21.0%
-22.5%$13.20B$12.06B24.7933,646Analyst Forecast
LSTR
Landstar System
4.5476 of 5 stars
$129.04
+0.3%
$145.17
+12.5%
-33.8%$4.47B$4.79B27.051,441
SAIA
Saia
3.1426 of 5 stars
$319.50
+2.2%
$347.16
+8.7%
-31.5%$8.51B$3.24B29.5015,300Positive News
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.9741 of 5 stars
$41.57
-0.3%
$54.19
+30.4%
-25.0%$6.75B$7.43B40.7635,300Analyst Downgrade
XPO
XPO
3.6579 of 5 stars
$133.96
+2.9%
$138.00
+3.0%
+17.9%$15.78B$8.07B46.3538,000
UHAL
U-Haul
0.7056 of 5 stars
$56.26
-2.2%
N/A-22.6%$11.03B$5.91B26.0532,200High Trading Volume
R
Ryder System
4.3326 of 5 stars
$187.68
+0.1%
$186.50
-0.6%
+26.6%$7.66B$12.64B15.9650,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.267 of 5 stars
$152.35
-2.0%
$143.80
-5.6%
+84.2%$5.36B$11.29B-2.4124,000Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.6548 of 5 stars
$6.19
-3.3%
$4.18
-32.6%
+107.1%$1.92B$9.05B-0.7526,000News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ODFL) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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