---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-054038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODFL"
cik: "0000878927"
company_name: "OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:26:57.209110+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ODFL declares $0.40 quarterly dividend, 33.3% increase from prior year

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share declared by Board of Directors.
- Dividend payable on December 20, 2023 to shareholders of record December 6, 2023.
- Dividend represents a 33.3% increase over the $0.30 per share dividend paid in December 2022.
- Announced on October 19, 2023; ODFL trades on Nasdaq under symbol ODFL.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-054038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODFL
- cik: 0000878927
- company_name: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017023054038/0000950170-23-054038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017023054038/odfl-20231019.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-054038.txt

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