OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. vs Saia, Inc., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ODFL and SAIA diverge most: on revenue growth, ODFL reads -0.6% and SAIA reads +4.8%; on debt / equity, ODFL reads 0.00 and SAIA reads 0.04. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ODFL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SAIA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ODFL | SAIA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $181.96 | $336.75 |
| Market cap | $38.0B | $9.0B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 35.0 | 32.5 |
| P/B | 8.35 | 3.31 |
| P/S | 6.78 | 2.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.8 | 14.4 |
| Revenue growth | -0.6% | +4.8% |
| Operating margin | 29.9% | 13.1% |
| Net margin | 19.4% | 8.2% |
| Return on equity | 23.9% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | 7.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.8% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 2.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Current ratio | 1.89 | 1.58 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.39 | 8.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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