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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (ODFL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — Old Dominion Freight Line Inc

ODFL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Old Dominion Freight Line runs a less-than-truckload trucking network across the United States, moving smaller shipments that do not fill a whole trailer alongside those of other shippers. It offers regional, inter-regional and national LTL services, plus expedited transport, container drayage, truckload brokerage and supply-chain consulting, and it maintains its own fleet through in-house maintenance centres. It is based in Thomasville, North Carolina.
Where it sits in the stack
Old Dominion carries no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin or Halo build-out stacks; it sits in our universe's Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve within the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, where geography and supply-chain routing matter more than any AI layer.
Who it is priced against
The diary groups it with the nearshoring and physical-commerce sleeve — TFI International, DSV, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, Embraer and Fomento Economico Mexicano — reflecting freight forwarders, LTL carriers and Latin-American names tied to supply-chain re-shoring; the market also compares it with FedEx's freight operations.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds seats in the HALO Growth 100 and the Nasdaq-100, and it carries a Closelooknet score with quality as its strongest module and momentum as its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether freight volumes tied to nearshoring keep supporting LTL demand, or whether a broader industrial slowdown drags on shipment counts across the sector.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (ODFL) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 53/100 composite (momentum 25, quality 68, valuation 32) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ODFL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce

Freight forwarders, less-than-truckload, Latin-American beneficiaries of supply-chain re-shoring. Geography is destiny again.

Compared against ODFL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
ODFL−0.9%+0.2%−13.1%−20.8%
Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce+1.0%+0.3%−6.9%—
HALO Growth 1000.0%+0.2%−7.6%—

Against the index: in line on the week, 5.5 pts behind on the month; against its Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve 6.2 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.66%, quarterly · buybacks 730 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ODFL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.15 USD per share · a 0.66% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +4.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.10 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.29 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-02
  • By calendar year 2024: 0.78 USD (partial) · 2025: 1.12 USD · 2026: 0.87 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-06-05
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 236 m USD 22% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 730 m USD 2.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −3.0% in FY2025 13 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 966 m USD · 101% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.53 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How ODFL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.53 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Old Dominion Freight Line Inc moved 0.53% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 56% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.32 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.52% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.57% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +0.7% week · −5.2% month · −5.7% quarter · +0.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (ODFL)?

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc trades as ODFL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is ODFL in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Old Dominion Freight Line Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Old Dominion Freight Line Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

53 out of 100, with momentum 25, quality 68 and valuation 32 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ODFL trade against its moving averages?

Resizing — 30.6% off its high: 30.6% below its 52-week high, under its 200-day — a deeper resizing of the trend, not a shallow dip. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is ODFL doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Old Dominion Freight Line Inc is −13.1% against −7.6% for the HALO Growth 100 — 5.5 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve is −6.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Old Dominion Freight Line Inc do?

Old Dominion Freight Line runs a less-than-truckload trucking network across the United States, moving smaller shipments that do not fill a whole trailer alongside those of other shippers. It offers regional, inter-regional and national LTL services, plus expedited transport, container drayage, truckload brokerage and supply-chain consulting, and it maintains its own fleet through in-house maintenance centres. It is based in Thomasville, North Carolina. The diary groups it with the nearshoring and physical-commerce sleeve — TFI International, DSV, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, Embraer and Fomento Economico Mexicano — reflecting freight forwarders, LTL carriers and Latin-American names tied to supply-chain re-shoring; the market also compares it with FedEx's freight operations.

Where does Old Dominion Freight Line Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Old Dominion carries no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin or Halo build-out stacks; it sits in our universe's Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve within the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, where geography and supply-chain routing matter more than any AI layer. It holds seats in the HALO Growth 100 and the Nasdaq-100, and it carries a Closelooknet score with quality as its strongest module and momentum as its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Old Dominion Freight Line Inc pay a dividend?

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc has paid 1.15 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.66% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.29 USD on 2026-09-02. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 236 m USD in dividends and bought back 730 m USD of its own shares, 101% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 3.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Old Dominion Freight Line Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Old Dominion Freight Line Inc had a beta of 0.53 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 56% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.52% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ODFL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Trucking, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.