AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Old Dominion (ODFL)

Old Dominion Q3 EPS falls 10.5% to $1.28 as revenue drops 4.3% to $1.41 billion

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Old Dominion Freight Line reported third-quarter 2025 revenue of $1,406,511 thousand, down 4.3% from a year earlier, and diluted earnings per share of $1.28, down 10.5%. The company attributed the revenue decline mainly to a 9.0% drop in LTL tons per day, and its operating ratio rose to 74.3% from 72.7%, which hurts per-share profit for shareholders.

Key points

  • Q3 2025 revenue $1.41 billion versus $1.47 billion in Q3 2024, down 4.3%
  • Diluted EPS $1.28 versus $1.43; net income $270.9 million versus $308.6 million
  • Operating ratio 74.3% versus 72.7%; LTL tons per day down 9.0%, revenue per hundredweight excluding fuel surcharges up 4.7%
  • Nine-month share repurchases $605.4 million and dividends $177.2 million

The filing

CompanyOld Dominion (ODFL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 29, 2025, 9:12 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-255040

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 29, 2025.

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