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As of today (2025-03-15), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Old Dominion Freight Line is 0.65%.
Good Sign:
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Old Dominion Freight Line was 0.65%. The lowest was 0.10%. And the median was 0.34%.
Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.21.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Old Dominion Freight Line was 0.19. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.09.
As of today (2025-03-15), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Old Dominion Freight Line is 0.69%.
Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.26.
During the past 12 months, Old Dominion Freight Line's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 30.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 37.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 36.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Old Dominion Freight Line was 38.40% per year. The lowest was 31.40% per year. And the median was 37.50% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.
The historical data trend for Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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0.31 | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.59 |
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0.39 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.59 |
For the Trucking subindustry, Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Old Dominion Freight Line Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount | Ex-date | Record Date | Pay Date | Type | Frequency | Forex Rate |
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USD 0.280000 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-19 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
USD 0.260000 | 2024-12-04 | 2024-12-04 | 2024-12-18 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
USD 0.260000 | 2024-09-04 | 2024-09-04 | 2024-09-18 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
USD 0.260000 | 2024-06-05 | 2024-06-05 | 2024-06-19 | Cash Dividend | quarterly | USD:USD 1.000000 |
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Old Dominion Freight Line's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | = | Most Recent Full Year Dividend | / | Current Share Price |
= | 1.06 | / | 162.50 | |
= | 0.65 % |
Current Share Price is $162.50.
Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.06.
Old Dominion Freight Line's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield | = | Forward Full Year Dividend | / | Current Share Price |
= | 1.12 | / | 162.50 | |
= | 0.69 % |
Current Share Price is $162.50.
Old Dominion Freight Line's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.28 * 4 = $1.12.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Old Dominion Freight Line (NAS:ODFL) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Leo H Suggs | director | UNION PACIFIC CORP, 1416 DODGE ST, OMAHA NE 68179 |
David S Congdon | director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and COO | C/O OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC., 500 OLD DOMINION WAY, THOMASVILLE NC 27360 |
Stith Thomas A. Iii | director | 500 OLD DOMINION WAY, THOMASVILLE NC 27360 |
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