U-Haul (UHAL) Competitors

Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than U-Haul. U-Haul 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line	$5.81B	7.24	$1.19B	$5.48	35.99
U-Haul	$5.63B	2.55	$628.71M	$2.16	33.91

Which has more risk and volatility, ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U-Haul has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ODFL or UHAL?

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 11 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 9 mentions for U-Haul. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat U-Haul's score of -0.23 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Old Dominion Freight Line	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U-Haul	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ODFL or UHAL?

77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of U-Haul shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus price target of $203.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. Given Old Dominion Freight Line's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Old Dominion Freight Line is more favorable than U-Haul.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old Dominion Freight Line	1 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
U-Haul	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ODFL or UHAL more profitable?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 20.40% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 7.77%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 28.02% beat U-Haul's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old Dominion Freight Line	20.40%	28.02%	21.65%
U-Haul	7.77%	5.92%	2.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line received 291 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Dominion Freight Line	Outperform Votes 554 53.22%	Underperform Votes 487 46.78%
U-Haul	Outperform Votes 263 65.59%	Underperform Votes 138 34.41%

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats U-Haul on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.