Old Dominion Freight (ODFL)
Industrials · NASDAQ · US
Price as at 5 Sept 2026, 02:33 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Old Dominion Freight trades at $185.87, which is 51% above the $91.05 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 64 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 47.6 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
ODFL dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.870 | 3 |
| 2025 | $1.12 | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.04 | 4 |
| 2023 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2022 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2021 | $0.400 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.302 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.227 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.173 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.133 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
ODFL earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 24 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Old Dominion Freight
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. operates as a less-than-truckload motor carrier in the United States and North America. The company offers regional, inter-regional, and national less-than-truckload services, as well as expedited transportation services. It also provides various value-added services, including container drayage, truckload brokerage, and supply chain consulting. In addition, the company operates fleet maintenance centers. As of December 31, 2025, it owned and operated 10,184 tractors, 30,824 linehaul trailers, and 14,313 pickup and delivery trailers. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Thomasville, North Carolina.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
ODFL passes 4 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
16 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Parnassus Investments, PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC$462.70M · 1.2% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$275.22M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$194.72M · 0.1% of book
- Capital Research Global, Capital Research Global Investors$104.99M · 0.0% of book
- Thomas Gayner, MARKEL GROUP INC.$92.95M · 0.7% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is Old Dominion Freight (ODFL) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $91.05, ODFL at $185.87 is 51% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own ODFL?
16 of the institutions we track reported a position in ODFL in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is ODFL's P/E ratio?
ODFL trades at 47.6 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Old Dominion Freight (ODFL) pay a dividend?
Yes. Old Dominion Freight yields 0.51% at the current share price. It has paid $1.15 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 9 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its ODFL data?
Fundamentals for ODFL come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NASDAQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 5 Sept 2026, 02:33 UTC and is delayed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.