saia - SAIA

SAIA

Close Chg Chg %
336.78 -2.47 -0.73%

Closed Market

334.31

-2.47 (0.73%)

Volume: 652.82K

Last Updated:

Mar 27, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: saia - SAIA

SAIA Key Data

Open

$331.73

Day Range

327.04 - 335.18

52 Week Range

229.17 - 430.11

Market Cap

$8.98B

Shares Outstanding

26.67M

Public Float

26.58M

Beta

2.04

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

35.37

EPS

$9.54

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

604.51K

 

SAIA Performance

1 Week
 
4.92%
 
1 Month
 
-17.53%
 
3 Months
 
0.99%
 
1 Year
 
-6.88%
 
5 Years
 
47.21%
 

SAIA Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 23
Full Ratings ➔

About saia - SAIA

Saia, Inc. operates as a transportation company. It provides regional and interregional less-than-truckload (LTL) services. The firm offers full value coverage, logistics services, distribution and consolidation, trade show, customs clearance, retail delivery, cross border shipping to Mexico and Canada, and offshore shipping to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The company was founded by Louis Saia, Sr. in 1924 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, GA.

SAIA At a Glance

Saia, Inc.
11465 Johns Creek Parkway
Johns Creek, Georgia 30097
Phone 1-770-232-5067 Revenue 3.23B
Industry Trucking Net Income 255.04M
Sector Transportation 2025 Sales Growth 0.786%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 14,500
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SAIA Valuation

P/E Current 35.372
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 34.294
Price to Sales Ratio 2.704
Price to Book Ratio 3.366
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.70
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 15.351
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.792
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.034

SAIA Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 223,054.207
Income Per Employee 17,588.69
Receivables Turnover 8.867
Total Asset Turnover 0.949

SAIA Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.637
Quick Ratio 1.637
Cash Ratio 0.074

SAIA Profitability

Gross Margin 10.504
Operating Margin 10.504
Pretax Margin 10.432
Net Margin 7.885
Return on Assets 7.487
Return on Equity 10.433
Return on Total Capital 8.847
Return on Invested Capital 9.347

SAIA Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 11.832
Total Debt to Total Capital 10.58
Total Debt to Total Assets 8.547
Long-Term Debt to Equity 10.712
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 9.579
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Saia - SAIA

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.79B 2.88B 3.21B 3.23B
Sales Growth
+21.99% +3.20% +11.37% +0.79%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.32B 2.42B 2.72B 2.89B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
157.20M 178.84M 210.10M 248.57M
Depreciation
156.20M 177.94M 209.21M 247.67M
Amortization of Intangibles
1.00M 900.00K 900.00K 900.00K
COGS Growth
+18.60% +4.16% +12.58% +6.32%
Gross Income
470.54M 463.23M 486.64M 339.74M
Gross Income Growth
+42.05% -1.55% +5.05% -30.19%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.85% +16.08% +15.16% +10.50%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- 3.78M 3.41M 7.78M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- 3.78M 3.41M 7.78M
SGA Growth
- - -9.79% +127.90%
-
Other Operating Expense
- (1.96M) (3.41M) (7.78M)
Unusual Expense
- - - -
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
470.54M 461.41M 486.64M 339.74M
Non Operating Income/Expense
121.00K 7.36M (1.70M) 14.09M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 6.21M 1.05M 151.00K
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
2.61M 2.54M 8.93M 16.44M
Interest Expense Growth
-18.71% -2.91% +252.27% +84.14%
Gross Interest Expense
2.61M 2.54M 8.93M 16.44M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
468.05M 466.23M 476.01M 337.39M
Pretax Income Growth
+40.65% -0.39% +2.10% -29.12%
Pretax Margin
+16.76% +16.18% +14.83% +10.43%
Income Tax
110.63M 111.37M 113.94M 82.35M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
88.99M 101.30M 50.72M 17.05M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
21.63M 10.07M 63.22M 65.31M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
357.42M 354.86M 362.06M 255.04M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
357.42M 354.86M 362.06M 255.04M
Net Income Growth
+41.14% -0.72% +2.03% -29.56%
Net Margin Growth
+12.80% +12.32% +11.28% +7.89%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
357.42M 354.86M 362.06M 255.04M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
357.42M 354.86M 362.06M 255.04M
EPS (Basic)
13.4774 13.3245 13.5661 9.5383
EPS (Basic) Growth
+40.09% -1.13% +1.81% -29.69%
Basic Shares Outstanding
26.52M 26.63M 26.69M 26.74M
EPS (Diluted)
13.3996 13.2592 13.5089 9.5212
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+41.32% -1.05% +1.88% -29.52%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
26.67M 26.76M 26.80M 26.79M
EBITDA
627.74M 640.25M 696.74M 588.32M
EBITDA Growth
+32.73% +1.99% +8.82% -15.56%
EBITDA Margin
+22.48% +22.22% +21.71% +18.19%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 405.263
Number of Ratings 23 Current Quarters Estimate 1.837
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 10.628
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.77 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 9.11 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 13.637
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 20 20 21 21
Mean Estimate 1.84 2.98 10.63 13.64
High Estimates 1.95 3.55 11.50 14.50
Low Estimate 1.69 2.73 10.00 12.62
Coefficient of Variance 4.04 6.13 3.27 3.95

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 10
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 11 11 11
UNDERWEIGHT 2 2 0
SELL 1 1 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Saia - SAIA

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 20, 2026 Di-Ann Eisnor Director 5,212 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $389.88 per share 2,032,054.56
Dec 5, 2025 Kelly W. Benton VP & CAO 3,091 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $314.43 per share 971,903.13
Nov 21, 2025 Raymond R. Ramu Exec. VP & Chief Customer Off. 4,902 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $266.57 per share 1,306,726.14
Nov 21, 2025 Raymond R. Ramu Exec. VP & Chief Customer Off. 8,495 Discretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f) resulting in acq or disposition of issuer shs 0.00

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