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

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Old Dominion Freight Line in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 7 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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19 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Old Dominion Freight Line's stock. Their ODFL share price forecasts range from $260.00 to $470.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $360.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.2%.
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Old Dominion Freight Line's stock was trading at $283.78 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, ODFL shares have increased by 44.8% and is now trading at $410.78.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODFL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The transportation company reported $2.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.63 by $0.02. The transportation company earned $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. Old Dominion Freight Line had a net margin of 21.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 34.58%. The company's revenue was down 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.30 EPS.
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Old Dominion Freight Line declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, September 20th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 5th.
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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), iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT), Invesco DWA Industrials Momentum ETF (PRN), 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).

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 13.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ODFL will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.41% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Old Dominion Freight Line shares split before market open on Tuesday, March 24th 2020. The 3-2 split was announced on Friday, February 21st 2020. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 26th 2023, which allows the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 6.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership 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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ODFL."

Old Dominion Freight Line's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.76%), Capital Research Global Investors (5.18%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.28%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.06%) and Capital World Investors (1.56%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley R Gabosch, David J Bates, David S Congdon and Leo H Suggs.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ODFL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $410.78.

Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) has a market capitalization of $44.89 billion and generates $6.26 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $1.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 23,471 workers across the globe.

Old Dominion Freight Line's mailing address is 500 OLD DOMINION WAY, THOMASVILLE NC, 27360. The official website for the company is www.odfl.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (336) 889-5000, via email at investor.relations@odfl.com, or via fax at 336-822-5239.