profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Old Dominion Freight Line
$174.54+1.68% today
+28.9% in 1 year
1-year low $126.291-year high $248.73
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $35.13 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Old Dominion Freight Line sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.26 billion in 2022 to $5.50 billion in 2025, with $1.02 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Old Dominion Freight Line handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $730M$236M
Free cash flow 2025$955M
Bought back its own shares$730M
Paid as dividends$236M
Cash vs. debt$120M vs. $40M
Old Dominion Freight Line vs. similar companies
Old Dominion Freight Line grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dominion Freight Line | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 157.5× · Very expensive | ||
 Saia | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 TFI International | 25.3× · Fair price | ||
 Schneider National | 49.7× · Expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Old Dominion Freight Line's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,015 | 5,256 | 6,260 | 5,866 | 5,815 | 5,496 | |
| – | – | 2,256 | 2,072 | 2,023 | 1,815 | |
| 907 | 1,392 | 1,841 | 1,641 | 1,544 | 1,361 | |
| 1,165 | 1,650 | 2,119 | 1,973 | 1,902 | 1,726 | |
| 673 | 1,034 | 1,377 | 1,240 | 1,186 | 1,024 | |
| 2.84 | 4.45 | 6.09 | 5.63 | 5.48 | 4.84 | |
| – | – | 36.0% | 35.3% | 34.8% | 33.0% | |
| 22.6% | 26.5% | 29.4% | 28.0% | 26.6% | 24.8% | |
| 16.8% | 19.7% | 22.0% | 21.1% | 20.4% | 18.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,369 | 4,822 | 4,839 | 5,512 | 5,491 | 5,470 |
| Cash | 401 | 463 | 186 | 434 | 109 | 120 |
| Total debt | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 60 | 40 |
| Total liabilities | 1,043 | 1,142 | 1,186 | 1,255 | 1,247 | 1,159 |
| 3,326 | 3,680 | 3,653 | 4,258 | 4,245 | 4,311 | |
| 237 | 233 | 226 | 220 | 216 | 212 | |
| 20.8% | 29.1% | 38.8% | 30.0% | 28.6% | 24.7% | |
| 20.2% | 28.1% | 37.7% | 29.1% | 27.9% | 23.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 933 | 1,213 | 1,692 | 1,569 | 1,659 | 1,370 | |
| 225 | 550 | 775 | 757 | 771 | 415 | |
| 708 | 663 | 916 | 812 | 888 | 955 | |
| Dividends paid | 71 | 92 | 134 | 175 | 224 | 236 |
| 364 | 536 | 1,277 | 454 | 967 | 730 | |
| 11 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
Valuation
- 35.1×
- 32.7×
- 3.12
- 10.4×
- 6.5×
- 37.7×
- 20.8×
- 2.7%
- 2.8%
- 0.5%
Profitability
- 33.0%
- 24.8%
- 18.6%
- 31.3%
- 19.8%
- 28.5%
- 23.4%
- 17.8%
- 26.5%
- –
Growth
- +6.5%
- +11.3%
- +7.6%
- +30.0%
- −2.4%
Financial health
- -0.1×
- 0.01
- 0.7%
- 2,260.3×
- 1.57
- 1.57
- 0.96
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 8%of 985
Top 6%of 988
Bottom 23%of 874
Bottom 48%of 989
Bottom 39%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $208.19
- Range
- $138.00 – $240.00
- 21 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 1.14 | 1.05 | +8.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 1.09 | 1.06 | +2.8% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 1.28 | 1.22 | +4.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.27 | 1.28 | −0.8% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 1.19 | 1.14 | +4.4% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 1.23 | 1.16 | +6.0% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 1.43 | 1.42 | +0.7% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 1.48 | 1.45 | +2.1% |
0.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$5a year at today's yield, before tax
+30.0%2020 to 2025
Raised8 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.13 in 2017 → $1.12 in 2025
How safe it looks
23.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 24.7%
News
Dominion outlines NextEra deal close in second half of 2027 while holding CVOW budget at $11.65BSeeking Alpha · Oct 30, 2026Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call SummaryYahoo Finance · Oct 28, 2026Virginia governor says will not support NextEra-Dominion merger without six-year rate freezeSeeking Alpha · Oct 19, 2026Top M&A Deals In September: Nvidia, Dominion Energy, Nextera Energy, Vertiv In FocusYahoo Finance · Sep 8, 2026Dominion Energy, NextEra shareholders easily approve merger dealSeeking Alpha · Sep 4, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
73Pass
Benjamin Graham
49No pass
Philip Fisher
74Pass
Peter Lynch
43No pass
Joel Greenblatt
31No pass
Charlie Munger
83Pass
Terry Smith
74Pass
Questions about Old Dominion Freight Line
Is Old Dominion Freight Line a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Old Dominion Freight Line AI analysis
What does Old Dominion Freight Line do?
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. operates as a less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier in the United States and North America. It provides regional, inter-regional, and national LTL services, including expedited transportation. It is in Trucking, based in Thomasville, NC, United States, with 20,264 employees.
Does Old Dominion Freight Line pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.5% a year, about 23% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $236 million in dividends.
Is Old Dominion Freight Line stock halal?
Yes. Old Dominion Freight Line passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Old Dominion Freight Line stock done over the past year?
Up 28.9% over the past twelve months, to $174.54. It traded between $126.29 and $248.73 and is 29.8% below its high.
Who are Old Dominion Freight Line's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Saia, TFI International and Schneider National. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Old Dominion Freight Line's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.