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Quality Distribution (QLTY) Competitors

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QLTY vs. ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, R, KNX, CAR, LSTR, HTZ, and WERN

Should you be buying Quality Distribution stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quality Distribution include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Landstar System (LSTR), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Werner Enterprises (WERN). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.

Quality Distribution vs. Its Competitors

Quality Distribution (NASDAQ:QLTY) and Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) are both trucking companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 12 more articles in the media than Quality Distribution. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 0 mentions for Quality Distribution. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Quality Distribution's score of 0.00 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Quality Distribution Neutral
Old Dominion Freight Line Positive

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than Quality Distribution.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Quality DistributionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Old Dominion Freight Line$5.81B5.02$1.19B$5.1227.13

Old Dominion Freight Line has a consensus target price of $166.95, indicating a potential upside of 20.17%. Given Old Dominion Freight Line's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Old Dominion Freight Line is more favorable than Quality Distribution.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quality Distribution
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Old Dominion Freight Line
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Quality Distribution's net margin of 0.00%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 25.94% beat Quality Distribution's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Quality DistributionN/A N/A N/A
Old Dominion Freight Line 19.42%25.94%19.95%

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats Quality Distribution on 11 of the 11 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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QLTY vs. The Competition

MetricQuality Distribution Industry SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$2.42B$2.41B$10.49B
Dividend Yield1.20%13.75%13.73%4.57%
P/E RatioN/A25.5525.2826.87
Price / SalesN/A11,850.0013,030.08164.30
Price / CashN/A19.9860.0331.15
Price / BookN/A3.693.246.50
Net IncomeN/A-$367.12M-$445.27M$271.42M

Quality Distribution Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QLTY
Quality Distribution
N/A$36.42
+0.6%
N/A+12.4%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.1977 of 5 stars
$142.39
+0.4%
$166.95
+17.3%
-27.4%$29.80B$5.81B27.8121,895Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8711 of 5 stars
$135.06
+0.4%
$164.14
+21.5%
-21.6%$13.02B$12.09B24.5633,646Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
0.7268 of 5 stars
$56.52
+1.2%
N/A-24.6%$11.08B$5.91B26.1732,200
SAIA
Saia
2.9322 of 5 stars
$314.83
+2.2%
$347.16
+10.3%
-29.0%$8.21B$3.21B29.0715,300Positive News
R
Ryder System
4.423 of 5 stars
$185.51
+0.5%
$186.50
+0.5%
+25.8%$7.53B$12.72B15.7750,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.9904 of 5 stars
$41.30
-1.0%
$54.19
+31.2%
-23.4%$6.77B$7.41B40.4935,300Positive News
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.2834 of 5 stars
$155.92
+1.8%
$143.80
-7.8%
+83.5%$5.39B$11.79B-2.4624,000Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.6623 of 5 stars
$126.73
+0.9%
$145.17
+14.5%
-30.6%$4.35B$4.82B26.571,441Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.6779 of 5 stars
$6.74
+8.9%
$4.57
-32.2%
+105.4%$1.92B$9.05B-0.8126,000Positive News
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.567 of 5 stars
$27.52
-0.4%
$30.43
+10.6%
-27.3%$1.65B$3.03B32.009,287

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This page (NASDAQ:QLTY) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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