Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

19 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Old Dominion Freight Line in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ODFL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ODFL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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19 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Old Dominion Freight Line's shares. Their ODFL share price targets range from $297.00 to $473.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $394.95 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%.
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Old Dominion Freight Line's stock was trading at $283.78 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ODFL stock has increased by 42.8% and is now trading at $405.33.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 7th 2024.
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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODFL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 25th. The transportation company reported $3.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.89 by $0.20. The transportation company earned $1.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. Old Dominion Freight Line had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.45% and a net margin of 21.16%. Old Dominion Freight Line's quarterly revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.36 EPS.
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Old Dominion Freight Line declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, December 20th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 5th.
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Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.39%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 14.23%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ODFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.18% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) stock in their portfolio include ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL), Profound Medical (PRN), iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT), Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF (LCG), Direxion Daily Transportation Bull 3X Shares (TPOR), Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (IVDG), VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (MDCP) and Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF (SHPP).

Shares of Old Dominion Freight Line split on Tuesday, March 24th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Friday, February 21st 2020. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, March 23rd 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Old Dominion Freight Line declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, July 26th 2023, which permits the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

310 employees have rated Old Dominion Freight Line Chief Executive Officer David S. Congdon on Glassdoor.com. David S. Congdon has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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