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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc is a trucking business based in the US. Old Dominion Freight Line shares (ODFL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Old Dominion Freight Line employs 18,930 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$3.9 billion.
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Old Dominion Freight Line Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ODFL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Old Dominion Freight Line reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$200.58, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Old Dominion Freight Line, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Old Dominion Freight Line. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
What's in this guide?
- ODFL shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is ODFL stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short ODFL shares?
- Are ODFL shares over-valued?
- Old Dominion Freight Line's financials
- How volatile are ODFL shares?
- Does Old Dominion Freight Line pay a dividend?
- Have ODFL shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Old Dominion Freight Line's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Old Dominion Freight Line's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was USD$200.58, which is 9.87% down on its pre-crash value of USD$222.55 and 66.66% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$120.35.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Old Dominion Freight Line shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$864.46 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,008.92.
Old Dominion Freight Line share price
Use our graph to track the performance of ODFL stocks over time.Old Dominion Freight Line shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-13.
| Latest market close | USD$200.58 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$119.01 - USD$227.21 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$192.4363 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$170.344 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$190.83 |
| PE ratio | 39.9277 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.6 (0.3%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$4.938 |
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Is it a good time to buy Old Dominion Freight Line stock?
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Old Dominion Freight Line price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $200.58 from 2020-10-16
| 1 week (2020-10-13) | -0.01% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-18) | 8.97% |
| 3 months (2020-07-20) | 6.92% |
| 6 months (2020-04-20) | 54.42% |
| 1 year (2019-10-18) | 12.35% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-10-19) | 51.89% |
| 3 years (2017-10-20) | 78.29% |
| 5 years (2015-10-20) | 214.44% |
Is Old Dominion Freight Line under- or over-valued?
Valuing Old Dominion Freight Line stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Old Dominion Freight Line's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Old Dominion Freight Line's P/E ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 40x. In other words, Old Dominion Freight Line shares trade at around 40x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Old Dominion Freight Line's PEG ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.6456. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Old Dominion Freight Line's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Old Dominion Freight Line's EBITDA
Old Dominion Freight Line's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Old Dominion Freight Line's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Old Dominion Freight Line financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$3.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 20% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$1.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 12.57% |
| Return on equity TTM | 20.38% |
| Profit margin | 14.95% |
| Book value | $25.418 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$23.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Old Dominion Freight Line shares
There are currently 2.3 million Old Dominion Freight Line shares held short by investors – that's known as Old Dominion Freight Line's "short interest". This figure is 26.5% up from 1.8 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Old Dominion Freight Line shares can be evaluated.
Old Dominion Freight Line's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Old Dominion Freight Line's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Old Dominion Freight Line shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Old Dominion Freight Line shares traded daily (recently around 1.0 million). Old Dominion Freight Line's SIR currently stands at 2.3. In other words for every 100,000 Old Dominion Freight Line shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2300 shares are currently held short.
However Old Dominion Freight Line's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Old Dominion Freight Line shares, or, against the total number of tradable Old Dominion Freight Line shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Old Dominion Freight Line's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Old Dominion Freight Line shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0242% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Old Dominion Freight Line shares, roughly 24 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Old Dominion Freight Line.
Find out more about how you can short Old Dominion Freight Line stock.
Old Dominion Freight Line share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 11.49% of net profits
Recently Old Dominion Freight Line has paid out, on average, around 11.49% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.3% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Old Dominion Freight Line shareholders could enjoy a 0.3% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Old Dominion Freight Line's case, that would currently equate to about $0.6 per share.
While Old Dominion Freight Line's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Old Dominion Freight Line is investing more in its future growth.
Old Dominion Freight Line's most recent dividend payout was on 16 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 1 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Old Dominion Freight Line's shares ever split?
Old Dominion Freight Line's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 25 March 2020. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Old Dominion Freight Line shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Old Dominion Freight Line shares which in turn could have impacted Old Dominion Freight Line's share price.
Old Dominion Freight Line share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Old Dominion Freight Line's shares have ranged in value from as little as $119.01 up to $227.21. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Old Dominion Freight Line's is 1.053. This would suggest that Old Dominion Freight Line's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Old Dominion Freight Line overview
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. The company also offers various value-added services, such as container drayage, truckload brokerage, and supply chain consulting. As of December 31, 2019, it owned 9,296 tractors, as well as operated 236 service and 42 maintenance centers. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is based in Thomasville, North Carolina.
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