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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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Old Dominion Freight Line has a consensus target price of $167.14, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. 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 held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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%

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 28 more articles in the media than Quality Distribution. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 0 mentions for Quality Distribution. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.16 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$5.64B5.41$1.19B$5.1228.37

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats Quality Distribution on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QLTY vs. The Competition

MetricQuality Distribution Industry SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$2.40B$2.40B$10.27B
Dividend Yield1.20%13.86%13.83%4.60%
P/E RatioN/A25.9525.6926.41
Price / SalesN/A11,047.5012,006.3588.61
Price / CashN/A19.9659.9829.91
Price / BookN/A3.633.206.28
Net IncomeN/A-$411.68M-$445.27M$270.38M

Quality Distribution Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QLTY
Quality Distribution
N/A$35.88
-0.5%
N/A+11.7%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.1 of 5 stars
$149.40
+2.1%
$167.14
+11.9%
-24.8%$30.75B$5.64B29.1821,895Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8988 of 5 stars
$141.45
+3.3%
$165.00
+16.6%
-18.2%$13.26B$12.06B25.7233,646Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
0.7664 of 5 stars
$58.60
+1.5%
N/A-19.9%$11.49B$5.91B27.1332,200
SAIA
Saia
2.4663 of 5 stars
$315.78
+2.7%
$347.16
+9.9%
-27.7%$8.19B$3.21B29.1615,300Positive News
Short Interest ↑
R
Ryder System
4.2625 of 5 stars
$189.29
+1.5%
$186.50
-1.5%
+35.6%$7.61B$12.64B16.1050,700Positive News
Short Interest ↓
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.9923 of 5 stars
$42.98
+3.2%
$54.19
+26.1%
-21.0%$6.76B$7.41B42.1435,300Positive News
CAR
Avis Budget Group
3.4201 of 5 stars
$157.03
+0.8%
$143.80
-8.4%
+103.7%$5.48B$11.79B-2.4824,000Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.4896 of 5 stars
$132.43
+2.1%
$145.17
+9.6%
-29.5%$4.50B$4.79B27.761,441Positive News
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HTZ
Hertz Global
0.5365 of 5 stars
$6.21
+6.2%
$4.18
-32.8%
+113.3%$1.82B$9.05B-0.7526,000
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.4257 of 5 stars
$28.70
+3.6%
$30.43
+6.0%
-25.0%$1.66B$2.97B33.379,287

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This page (NASDAQ:QLTY) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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