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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

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%

Do analysts prefer ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus price target of $199.70, suggesting a potential upside of 31.33%. Given Old Dominion Freight Line's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
U-Haul	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor ODFL or UHAL?

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 32 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 12 mentions for U-Haul. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat U-Haul's score of -0.43 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	29 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U-Haul	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line received 294 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 53.05% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Dominion Freight Line	Outperform Votes 557 53.05%	Underperform Votes 493 46.95%
U-Haul	Outperform Votes 263 65.59%	Underperform Votes 138 34.41%

Which has more risk & volatility, ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U-Haul has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ODFL or UHAL?

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than U-Haul. Old Dominion Freight Line is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, 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	5.56	$1.19B	$5.48	27.75
U-Haul	$5.69B	2.14	$628.71M	$2.16	28.71

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ODFL or UHAL?

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

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats U-Haul on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.