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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL) vs Saia, Inc. (SAIA)

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. and Saia, Inc. are both Trucking companies. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $39.2B against $9.1B — 4.3× the size. Saia, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 32.2× against 36.0×. Saia, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.84% against −0.64%. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.4% vs 8.19%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.1% vs 8.54%). Across the 22 metrics below, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. leads on 11 and Saia, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric ODFL SAIA Trucking median
P/E 35.96 32.24 54.27
P/S 6.96 2.64 1.15
P/B 8.57 3.29 1.80
Price to free cash flow 32.60 32.06 13.17
EV/EBITDA 21.32 14.31 11.38
EV/Sales 6.91 2.65 1.03
Earnings yield 2.78% 3.10% 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 3.07% 3.12% 4.53%

Profitability

Metric ODFL SAIA Trucking median
Gross margin 97.94% 71.55% 51.20%
Operating margin 25.84% 11.04% 0.00%
Net margin 19.44% 8.19% 0.16%
Free cash flow margin 21.34% 8.25% 5.45%
Return on equity 24.82% 10.77% 0.31%
Return on assets 19.30% 7.74% 0.18%
Return on invested capital 21.12% 8.54% (0.05%)

Growth

Metric ODFL SAIA Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.64%) 4.84% 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (11.68%) (29.53%) (40.10%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.48% 12.16% 6.08%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 8.76% 13.01% 0.00%

Health

Metric ODFL SAIA Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.04 0.17
Current ratio 1.89 1.58 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (0.05) 0.24 1.59

Dividend

Metric ODFL SAIA Trucking median
Dividend yield 0.61% — 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.22 — 0.70

Size

Metric ODFL SAIA Trucking median
Market cap 39.17b 9.11b 1.53b

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