Growth Metrics

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2026)

Old Dominion Freight Line posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.19 for Q1 2026, down 18.81% year-on-year from 0.24 in Q1 2025, and down 11.96% on a QoQ basis from 0.22 in Q4 2025.

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) has 10 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.19 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 18.81% year-over-year to 0.19; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.23 (down 14.59% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.25, down 2.03% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.19, down from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.01 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.1 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.22 (2025), against an average of 0.28.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 68.42%; it then soared 493.12% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.36 in 2022, then plunged by 63.71% to 0.13 in 2023, then soared by 82.66% to 0.24 in 2024, then slipped by 8.25% to 0.22 in 2025, then dropped by 11.96% to 0.19 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.19 (Q1 2026), 0.22 (Q4 2025), and 0.17 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.19
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn -
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - -
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 2.62
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.31
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn -2.19
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.10
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.82
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.17

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.19
Dec 31, 2025 0.22
Sep 30, 2025 0.17
Jun 30, 2025 0.60
Mar 31, 2025 0.24
Dec 31, 2024 0.24
Sep 30, 2024 0.27
Jun 30, 2024 0.37
Mar 31, 2024 0.19
Dec 31, 2023 0.13
Sep 30, 2023 0.17
Jun 30, 2023 1.01
Mar 31, 2023 0.24
Dec 31, 2022 0.36
Sep 30, 2022 0.10
Jun 30, 2022 0.17
Mar 31, 2022 0.12
Dec 31, 2021 0.13
Sep 30, 2021 0.12
Jun 30, 2021 0.54
Mar 31, 2021 0.09
Dec 31, 2020 0.09
Sep 30, 2020 0.14
Jun 30, 2020 0.07
Mar 31, 2020 0.12
Sep 30, 2019 0.09
Jun 30, 2019 0.14
Mar 31, 2019 0.10
Dec 31, 2018 0.10
Sep 30, 2018 0.15
Jun 30, 2018 0.49
Mar 31, 2018 0.10
Dec 31, 2017 0.15
Sep 30, 2017 0.17
Jun 30, 2017 -2.28
Mar 31, 2017 0.15