. >> inflection for the sector i want to welcome a special guest and welcome in marty freeman, ceo of old dominion freight lines. thank you for joining us to talk results and the broader state of the transports good morning >> good morning. thanks for having me >> the stock is trading flat today but down 4% since earnings despite the fact you beat on top and bottom lines what do you think investors are seeing that is making them sell the stock after a solid quarter. >> i'm pleased with our quarter. we were down 5.5% compared to last year. i think that was a good performance. and the slow economic times that we're still experiencing and that was mainly due to an 8% decline in our weight per shipment -- in our tonnage, excuse me. so, i'm pleased with what our crew did for the quarter and i think the stock should bounce back but we'll wait and see how that shakes out over the week >> the report certainly had a number of bright spots, including the fact your revenue per day, that increased by 9%. i want to talk to you about another metric, your operating ratio. in transports, the lower th