ODFL vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, R, LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, and HTZ
Should you be buying Old Dominion Freight Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Dominion Freight Line include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Old Dominion Freight Line vs.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Old Dominion Freight Line has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services currently has a consensus target price of $191.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. Old Dominion Freight Line has a consensus target price of $201.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.30%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Old Dominion Freight Line.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 21.03% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 4.65%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 29.40% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 184 more outperform votes than Old Dominion Freight Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.20% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 53.43% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 44 more articles in the media than Old Dominion Freight Line. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 20 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.02 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Old Dominion Freight Line beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ODFL) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
