Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) reported $1.41 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 6.1%. EPS of $1.27 for the same period compares to $1.48 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.42 billion, representing a surprise of -0.55%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.55%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.29.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Old Dominion performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Operating Ratio: 74.6% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 74.4%.
- LTL tons: 2,123.00 KTon versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2,151.00 KTon.
- LTL tonnage per day: 33.18 Kton/D versus 34.30 Kton/D estimated by four analysts on average.
- LTL shipments: 2,874 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 2,917.
- Work days: 64.00 Days versus 64.00 Days estimated by four analysts on average.
- LTL shipments per day: 44.91 thousand versus the four-analyst average estimate of 45.59 thousand.
- LTL weight per shipment (lbs.): 1,478.00 lbs versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,474.69 lbs.
- LTL revenue per hundredweight, excluding fuel surcharges: $28.17 versus $28.09 estimated by four analysts on average.
- LTL revenue per hundredweight: $32.84 versus the four-analyst average estimate of $32.75.
- LTL revenue per shipment: $485.31 compared to the $477.45 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total revenue- Other services: $12.61 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.29 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.1%.
- Total revenue- LTL services: $1.4 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.39 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.1%.
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Shares of Old Dominion have returned -3.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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