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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX) vs Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL)

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. 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 $10.6B — 3.7× the size. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 36.0× against 240×. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.07% against −0.64%. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.4% vs 0.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.1% vs 1.47%). Both pay a dividend; Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. yields more (1.20% vs 0.61%). Across the 23 metrics below, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. leads on 14 and Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric KNX ODFL Trucking median
P/E 240.04 35.96 54.27
P/S 1.36 6.96 1.15
P/B 1.51 8.57 1.80
Price to free cash flow 13.17 32.60 13.17
EV/EBITDA 12.86 21.32 11.38
EV/Sales 1.66 6.91 1.03
Earnings yield 0.42% 2.78% 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 7.59% 3.07% 4.53%

Profitability

Metric KNX ODFL Trucking median
Gross margin 72.14% 97.94% 51.20%
Operating margin 2.72% 25.84% 0.00%
Net margin 0.56% 19.44% 0.16%
Free cash flow margin 10.35% 21.34% 5.45%
Return on equity 0.61% 24.82% 0.31%
Return on assets 0.35% 19.30% 0.18%
Return on invested capital 1.47% 21.12% (0.05%)

Growth

Metric KNX ODFL Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.07% (0.64%) 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (43.84%) (11.68%) (40.10%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.83% 6.48% 6.08%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (30.61%) 8.76% 0.00%

Health

Metric KNX ODFL Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.00 0.17
Current ratio 0.88 1.89 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 1.85 (0.05) 1.59

Dividend

Metric KNX ODFL Trucking median
Dividend yield 1.20% 0.61% 1.20%
Payout ratio 3.00 0.22 0.70

Size

Metric KNX ODFL Trucking median
Market cap 10.62b 39.17b 1.53b

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