ARCBEST CORPORATION vs OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARCB and ODFL diverge most: on operating margin, ARCB reads 0.3% and ODFL reads 23.8%; on debt / equity, ARCB reads 0.17 and ODFL reads 0.01. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ARCB's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What ODFL's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ARCB | ODFL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $154.03 | $233.05 |
| Market cap | $3.4B | $48.8B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 63.1 | 48.6 |
| P/B | 2.67 | 11.09 |
| P/S | 0.85 | 8.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 28.4 |
| Revenue growth | -1.5% | -4.8% |
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 23.8% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 18.5% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 22.9% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 17.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.6% | 22.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 0.93 | 1.57 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.47 | 8.25 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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