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Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Reports Q2: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

By Max Juang | July 28, 2025, 11:13 PM

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Freight carrier Old Dominion (NASDAQ:ODFL) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday before market hours. Here’s what to look for.

Old Dominion Freight Line met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.37 billion, down 5.8% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

Is Old Dominion Freight Line a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free.

This quarter, analysts are expecting Old Dominion Freight Line’s revenue to decline 5.4% year on year to $1.42 billion, a reversal from the 6.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.29 per share.

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Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bearish with revenue estimates seeing 9 downward revisions over the last 30 days (we track 16 analysts). Old Dominion Freight Line has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.

Looking at Old Dominion Freight Line’s peers in the ground transportation segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Saia posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.2%, and Knight-Swift Transportation reported flat revenue, in line with consensus estimates. Saia traded up 4% following the results while Knight-Swift Transportation’s stock price was unchanged.

Read our full analysis of Saia’s results here and Knight-Swift Transportation’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the ground transportation segment, with share prices up 6.5% on average over the last month. Old Dominion Freight Line is up 1.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $169.45 (compared to the current share price of $164.03).

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