Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an American less than truckload shipping (LTL) company. It offers regional, inter-regional and national LTL service. In addition to its core LTL services, the company offers logistics services including ground and air expedited transportation, supply chain consulting, transportation management, truckload brokerage, container delivery and warehousing, as well as household moving services.
| Revenue (TTM) | $5.60B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $2.22B |
| EBITDA | $1.79B |
| Operating Margin | 28.80% |
| Return on Equity | 24.80% |
| Return on Assets | 15.80% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $26.85 |
| Book Value | $21.92 |
| Price-to-Book | 8.10 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 6.97 |
| EV/Revenue | 6.61 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.34 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 32.30% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 10.40% |
| Shares Outstanding | $207.97M |
| Float | $185.72M |
| % Insiders | 8.24% |
| % Institutions | 81.31% |
Volatility is currently contracting
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ODFL's 4.9% rate increase, effective Oct. 5, aims to offset rising operating costs while supporting investments in its service network and technology.
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The heavy selling pressure might have exhausted for Old Dominion (ODFL) as it is technically in oversold territory now. In addition to this technical measure, strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher indicates that the stock is ripe for a trend reversal.
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