U-Haul (UHAL) Competitors

Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line received 300 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.42% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 52.81% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Dominion Freight Line	Outperform Votes 563 52.81%	Underperform Votes 503 47.19%
U-Haul	Outperform Votes 263 65.42%	Underperform Votes 139 34.58%

Is ODFL or UHAL more profitable?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 20.40% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 7.77%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 28.02% beat U-Haul's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old Dominion Freight Line	20.40%	28.02%	21.65%
U-Haul	7.77%	5.92%	2.28%

Do analysts rate ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus price target of $182.26, indicating a potential upside of 6.80%. Given Old Dominion Freight Line's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Old Dominion Freight Line is more favorable than U-Haul.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old Dominion Freight Line	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
U-Haul	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ODFL or UHAL?

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 36 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 6 mentions for U-Haul. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat U-Haul's score of 0.48 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	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U-Haul	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ODFL or UHAL?

77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of U-Haul shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U-Haul has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than U-Haul. U-Haul 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line	$5.73B	6.29	$1.19B	$5.33	32.02
U-Haul	$5.69B	2.22	$628.71M	$2.16	29.86

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats U-Haul on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.