---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-116488"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODFL"
cik: "0000878927"
company_name: "OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:19:17.004755+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Old Dominion Q3 EPS $1.43, down 7.1% YoY; revenue down 3.0%

## Summary
- Diluted EPS fell to $1.43 from $1.54; net income $308.6M, down 9.1%.
- Total revenue $1.470B, down 3.0%; LTL tons per day decreased 4.8%.
- Operating ratio worsened to 72.7% from 70.6%; operating income down 9.7%.
- Full-year capex guidance maintained at ~$750M; YTD share repurchases $824.8M.
- Management attributes decline to soft domestic economy; service metrics strong at 99% on-time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-116488
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODFL
- cik: 0000878927
- company_name: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024116488/0000950170-24-116488-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024116488/odfl-20241023.htm

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