Growth Metrics

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Old Dominion Freight Line posted quarterly EBT Margin of 23.8% for Q1 2026, down 83.0% year-on-year from 140.01% in Q1 2025, and up 1.97% on a QoQ basis from 23.34% in Q4 2025.

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 23.8% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 83.0% year-over-year to 23.8%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.57% (down 167.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 24.77%, down 202.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 23.8%, up from 23.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 30.93% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 23.34% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 27.05% (2022), against an average of 27.03%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin jumped 358 bps; it then sank 425 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 28.96% in 2022, then retreated by 2 bps to 28.44% in 2023, then retreated by 15 bps to 24.19% in 2024, then declined by 3 bps to 23.34% in 2025, then climbed by 2 bps to 23.8% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 23.8% (Q1 2026), 23.34% (Q4 2025), and 25.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 23.80%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 5.92%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 8.07%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn -0.08%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.94%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.44%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -0.13%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn -0.73%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 2.40%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -3.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.80%
Dec 31, 2025 23.34%
Sep 30, 2025 25.62%
Jun 30, 2025 25.38%
Mar 31, 2025 24.63%
Dec 31, 2024 24.19%
Sep 30, 2024 27.42%
Jun 30, 2024 28.45%
Mar 31, 2024 26.91%
Dec 31, 2023 28.44%
Sep 30, 2023 29.46%
Jun 30, 2023 27.73%
Mar 31, 2023 26.64%
Dec 31, 2022 28.96%
Sep 30, 2022 30.93%
Jun 30, 2022 30.48%
Mar 31, 2022 27.05%
Dec 31, 2021 26.36%
Sep 30, 2021 27.35%
Jun 30, 2021 27.62%
Mar 31, 2021 23.91%
Dec 31, 2020 23.60%
Sep 30, 2020 25.36%
Jun 30, 2020 22.21%
Mar 31, 2020 18.30%
Sep 30, 2019 20.83%
Jun 30, 2019 22.21%
Mar 31, 2019 18.21%
Dec 31, 2018 21.16%
Sep 30, 2018 21.66%
Jun 30, 2018 21.43%
Mar 31, 2018 15.94%
Dec 31, 2017 16.14%
Sep 30, 2017 18.85%
Jun 30, 2017 19.08%
Mar 31, 2017 14.21%
Dec 31, 2016 14.93%
Sep 30, 2016 17.41%
Jun 30, 2016 17.49%
Mar 31, 2016 13.83%
Dec 31, 2015 15.24%
Sep 30, 2015 17.56%
Jun 30, 2015 18.29%
Mar 31, 2015 14.63%
Dec 31, 2014 15.30%
Sep 30, 2014 16.66%
Jun 30, 2014 17.22%
Mar 31, 2014 12.45%
Dec 31, 2013 12.67%
Sep 30, 2013 15.45%
Jun 30, 2013 16.07%
Mar 31, 2013 11.79%
Dec 31, 2012 12.04%
Sep 30, 2012 14.23%
Jun 30, 2012 14.44%
Mar 31, 2012 10.22%
Dec 31, 2011 12.50%
Sep 30, 2011 12.77%
Jun 30, 2011 12.67%
Mar 31, 2011 8.39%
Dec 31, 2010 8.80%
Sep 30, 2010 10.26%
Jun 30, 2010 9.74%
Mar 31, 2010 4.04%
Dec 31, 2009 4.98%
Sep 30, 2009 5.34%
Jun 30, 2009 5.66%