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

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Old Dominion Freight Line in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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14 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Old Dominion Freight Line's stock. Their ODFL share price targets range from $175.00 to $257.50. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $214.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price.
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Old Dominion Freight Line's stock was trading at $202.6650 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ODFL shares have increased by 5.2% and is now trading at $213.24.
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Old Dominion Freight Line saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,460,000 shares, an increase of 112.4% from the March 15th total of 2,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,330,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Old Dominion Freight Line will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 877-344-7529 with passcode "5260631".

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODFL) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 31st. The transportation company reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.04. The transportation company earned $1.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.50 billion. Old Dominion Freight Line had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.18% and a net margin of 21.13%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.46 earnings per share.
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Old Dominion Freight Line declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Wednesday, March 20th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 5th.
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Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.47%. The dividend payout ratio is 18.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ODFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.31% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Old Dominion Freight Line split on Thursday, March 28th 2024. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, February 16th 2024. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, March 27th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Old Dominion Freight Line announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 26th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is 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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Old Dominion Freight Line's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.20%), Pensioenfonds Rail & OV (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.03%), AMF Tjanstepension AB (0.02%) and Garrison Bradford & Associates Inc. (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley R Gabosch, David J Bates, David S Congdon, John D Kasarda, Leo H Suggs, Steven W Hartsell and Thomas A Stith III.
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Shares of ODFL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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