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ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) vs Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL)

ArcBest Corporation and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. are both Trucking companies. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $39.2B against $3.0B — 13.2× the size. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 36.0× against 186×. ArcBest Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.70% against −0.64%. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.4% vs 0.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.1% vs 1.39%). Both pay a dividend; Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. yields more (0.61% vs 0.37%). Across the 23 metrics below, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. leads on 16 and ArcBest Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric ARCB ODFL Trucking median
P/E 185.69 35.96 54.27
P/S 0.69 6.96 1.15
P/B 2.29 8.57 1.80
Price to free cash flow 14.03 32.60 13.17
EV/EBITDA 14.22 21.32 11.38
EV/Sales 0.70 6.91 1.03
Earnings yield 0.54% 2.78% 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 7.13% 3.07% 4.53%

Profitability

Metric ARCB ODFL Trucking median
Gross margin 0.69% 97.94% 51.20%
Operating margin 0.69% 25.84% 0.00%
Net margin 0.39% 19.44% 0.16%
Free cash flow margin 4.93% 21.34% 5.45%
Return on equity 1.27% 24.82% 0.31%
Return on assets 0.66% 19.30% 0.18%
Return on invested capital 1.39% 21.12% (0.05%)

Growth

Metric ARCB ODFL Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.70% (0.64%) 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (64.11%) (11.68%) (40.10%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.40% 6.48% 6.08%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.31%) 8.76% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARCB ODFL Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.00 0.17
Current ratio 0.97 1.89 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 0.38 (0.05) 1.59

Dividend

Metric ARCB ODFL Trucking median
Dividend yield 0.37% 0.61% 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.70 0.22 0.70

Size

Metric ARCB ODFL Trucking median
Market cap 2.97b 39.17b 1.53b

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