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Back to Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
How Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. stacks up
ODFL · against 129 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
98/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #5 of 130 · scores higher than 95% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score37 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including ODFL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 98?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 92% of peers. Return on invested capital: 26.7% vs peer median 7.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 94% of peers. Operating margin: 25.8% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on assets: 19.0% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ODFL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ODFL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 123 reported | 26.7% | 14.2% | 85% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 131 reported | 25.8% | 13.6% | 90% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 127 reported | 19.0% | 5.5% | 98% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 121 reported | 24.8% | 16.3% | 75% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 131 reported | 39.6% | 32.2% | 68% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ODFL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 5 | 45.2B USD | 98 | 47 | |
| 5 | 37.0B USD | 98 | 54 | |
| 5 | 206.3B BRL (≈$37.1B) | 98 | 62 | |
| 5 | 19.0B EUR (≈$20.9B) | 98 | 56 | |
| 9 | 6.46T JPY (≈$43.9B) | 97 | 71 | |
| 9 | 41.4B EUR (≈$45.5B) | 97 | 66 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score