Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Stock Plunges – What's Behind the Drop?

Old Dominion Freight Line shares fell -3.9% this morning to a price of $211.82. The stock is still trading within range of its average target price of $215.66, and over the last 52 weeks, it has recorded a 27.4% performance. Analysts have given the Large-Cap Integrated Freight & Logistics stock target prices ranging from $175.0 to $260.0 dollars per share, with an average rating of hold.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.3%, and a short ratio of 3.44. The company's insiders own 19.84% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 75.6% of Old Dominion Freight Line's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Old Dominion Freight Line

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 20% 21,702,258 $4,596,972,448
2023-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 16% 17,603,880 $3,728,853,990
2023-12-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 12% 12,650,642 $2,679,659,081
2023-12-31 Capital Research Global Investors 8% 8,290,946 $1,756,188,242
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 7% 7,481,828 $1,584,800,861
2023-12-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 6% 6,104,360 $1,293,025,579
2023-12-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 5% 4,969,410 $1,052,620,462
2023-12-31 FMR, LLC 4% 4,433,842 $939,176,444
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 4% 4,314,060 $913,804,220
2023-12-31 CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC 4% 4,203,838 $890,456,995

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Old Dominion Freight Line.

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