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Analyzing Old Dominion Freight Line Stock Performance

Old Dominion Freight Line logged a 4.9% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $158.01 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. ODFL's trading volume is 2,627,849 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,082,043.

Old Dominion Freight Line trades -5.39% away from its average analyst target price of $167.01 per share. The 22 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $134.0 to $190.0, and on average have given Old Dominion Freight Line a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying ODFL should be aware of the facts below:

  • Old Dominion Freight Line's current price is 221.4% above its Graham number of $49.17, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety

  • Old Dominion Freight Line has moved -12.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 9.8%

  • Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.32, Old Dominion Freight Line has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3

  • ODFL has a forward P/E ratio of 26.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.9 per share

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 7.92 compared to its sector average of 2.89

  • Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. operates as a less-than-truckload motor carrier in the United States and North America.

  • Based in Thomasville, the company has 21,817 full time employees and a market cap of $33.52 Billion. Old Dominion Freight Line currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.7%.

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