Growth Metrics

Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Old Dominion Freight Line's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.24% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.24%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.24%, down 4.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.24%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.24% in Q4 2025 per ODFL's latest filing, down from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.04% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.17%, with a median of 0.13% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -30bps in 2021, then increased 28bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 30bps to 0.08% in 2022, then soared by 293bps to 0.31% in 2023, then decreased by -11bps to 0.28% in 2024, then decreased by -15bps to 0.24% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ODFL's Return on Invested Capital are 0.24% (Q4 2025), 0.25% (Q3 2025), and 0.26% (Q2 2025).