FedEx Freight vs Old Dominion Freight Line
FDXF and ODFL side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FDXF and ODFL compare
Old Dominion Freight Line is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as FedEx Freight ($35.8B against $18.8B).
On earnings, FedEx Freight is cheaper: it trades at 28.8× trailing earnings, against 33.2× for Old Dominion Freight Line.
Old Dominion Freight Line keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 19.4% compared with 7.4% at FedEx Freight.
Old Dominion Freight Line pays a dividend yielding 0.67%; FedEx Freight does not pay one.
Old Dominion Freight Line scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 6 for FedEx Freight), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FDXF | ODFL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.8B | $35.8B |
| Share price | $126.04 | $172.56 |
| Change, 1 year | – | 26.8% |
| Change, 5 years | – | −1.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | – | 1.10 |
| Employees | 40K | 21K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.8× (better) | 33.2× |
| P/S | 2.1× (better) | 6.4× |
| P/B | – | 7.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.7× | 19.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 32.1× |
| FCF yield | −1.1% | 3.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $53.08 | $143.75 |
| Margin of safety | −137% | −20.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | −0.64% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 6.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −0.52% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 1.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 11.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 25.8% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 19.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | −2.4% | 19.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 61.2% (better) | 24.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.0% | 25.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.83 (better) | −0.15 |
| Interest coverage | 9.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.63 | 1.89 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.04 | 21.02 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.67% |
| Payout ratio | – | 21.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 9 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 30.1% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 60.9% | 79.8% |
| Held by insiders | 40.1% | 8.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$26.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 4.7% |
Go deeper
- FDXF stock overview
- FDXF income statement
- FDXF valuation and score
- ODFL stock overview
- ODFL income statement
- ODFL valuation and score
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