Old Dominion Freight Line Q3 Profit Up - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Thomasville, North Carolina-based Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.'s (ODFL) third-quarter net income grew 29.5% to $77.9 million from $60.1 million for the comparable quarter of 2013. Earnings per share rose 28.6% to $0.90 for the third quarter of 2014 from $0.70 last year. On average, 16 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected per share profit of $0.87 for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

For the quarter, revenue increased 20.6% to $743.6 million from $616.5 million for the third quarter of 2013. Analysts expected revenue of $733.27 million for the quarter.