Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.65
- Estimate
- $1.61
- Surprise
- +2.3%
- Score today
- 6.0/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) beat the $1.61 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.65 — a modest 2.3% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Old Dominion Says Inflation and Consumer Concerns Are Holding Back Freight Recovery — benzinga, 2026-10-28
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ODFL Buy (Wait) at 6.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.3% surprise compares with a +5.8% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.1 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Negative momentum
- News modifier +1: HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $173.32
- Entry target
- $168.50
- Price target
- $197.74
- Stop
- $157.16
- Upside to target
- +14.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.1:1
The stock trades at 31.1× trailing but 25.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ODFL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Trucking
- Market cap
- $35.94B
- P/E (fwd)
- 25.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 31.1
- 52-week range
- $126.01–$252.03
- Off 52-week high
- 31.2%
- RSI (14)
- 39
- Volume vs avg
- 2.60×
- Score today
- 6.0/10