OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. vs TFI INTERNATIONAL INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Old Dominion runs a pure less-than-truckload network; TFI International mixes LTL with truckload and logistics across North America. Old Dominion's focus shows in the margins, an 18.46% net cut against TFI's 3.94%, and a 22.89% return on equity against 11.6%. TFI trades cheaper on both counts, 38.64 times earnings against 45.7 and 4.48 times book against 10.41. TFI also generates more free cash, a 5.87% yield against Old Dominion's 2.22%, and carries no net debt where Old Dominion holds a token 0.01 debt-to-equity. At $45.8B, Old Dominion is nearly four times TFI's $12.0B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ODFL | TFII |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $227.57 | $147.41 |
| Market cap | $47.6B | $12.2B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 47.5 | 39.4 |
| P/B | 10.83 | 4.57 |
| P/S | 8.73 | 1.55 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.7 | 10.2 |
| Revenue growth | -4.8% | +3.2% |
| Operating margin | 23.8% | 7.2% |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 3.9% |
| Return on equity | 22.9% | 11.6% |
| Return on assets | 17.8% | 4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.6% | 16.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.57 | 1.03 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.25 | 3.16 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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