Saia, Inc.

SAIA Industrials Trucking

Saia, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, up 0.79% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 17.1%, EPS grew 31.8%, free cash flow grew 2,170.1% and total debt fell 67.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for ten.

335.00 6.46 −1.89%
Market cap
$9.1B
P/E
32.2×
Fwd P/E
41.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
8.03
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
23.51 20.03 13.72 21.26 34.11 35.03 15.46 32.07 33.61 34.23
Piotroski F-Score
6 5 4 5 7 7 7 6 4 5
Altman Z-Score
4.45 5.13 4.39 4.58 7.01 11.14 8.59 13.66 11.00 8.03
P/S ratio
0.90 1.30 0.87 1.35 2.59 3.88 1.98 3.95 3.79 2.70
P/FCF ratio
39.11 0.00 42.48 0.00 52.32 84.29 51.46 80.86 0.00 171.71
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
3.45 3.64 3.81 3.39 3.95 5.29 6.97 7.30 6.27 6.12
Beneish M-Score
(3.09) (2.73) (3.08) (1.74) (2.91) (2.53) (2.48) (2.95) (2.77) (2.87)
P/Operating CF
39.98 60.60 20.74 36.85 67.34 77.20 42.90 70.42 73.83 63.58
P/B ratio
2.33 3.13 2.07 2.96 4.92 7.27 3.50 5.86 5.26 3.39
Price to Tangible BV
2.46 3.27 2.14 3.04 5.02 7.39 3.54 5.92 5.30 3.41
EV/Sales
0.96 1.39 0.94 1.43 2.62 3.85 1.93 3.85 3.85 2.74
EV/EBITDA
7.70 10.74 6.41 9.40 15.15 18.49 8.56 17.37 17.83 14.77
EV/Operating CF
8.17 12.37 6.08 9.36 15.44 23.04 11.37 19.22 21.15 14.92
EV/FCF
41.63 (82.47) 46.04 (313.04) 52.83 83.76 50.00 78.88 (27.00) 174.55
Quick Ratio
0.99 1.07 0.89 0.85 0.88 1.19 1.83 1.89 1.39 1.45
Current Ratio
1.15 1.22 1.02 0.96 0.99 1.30 1.94 2.01 1.57 1.64
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.47 0.71 0.50 0.50 0.15 (0.12) (0.25) (0.44) 0.26 0.24
Debt/Assets
9.22% 13.74% 10.84% 9.64% 4.58% 2.73% 1.43% 0.64% 6.32% 4.71%
Debt/Equity
0.15 0.23 0.18 0.17 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.06
Asset Turnover
1.64 1.59 1.57 1.40 1.23 1.35 1.39 1.21 1.12 0.97
Operating CF/Net income
3.05 1.73 2.44 2.40 2.23 1.51 1.32 1.63 1.61 2.33
Capex/Depreciation
(1.54) (2.08) (2.18) (2.36) (1.62) (1.96) (2.33) (2.44) (4.95) (2.19)
Interest Coverage
18.01 18.75 26.06 22.81 34.83 104.34 180.19 181.66 53.99 21.42
ROE
10.54% 17.10% 16.42% 15.05% 15.57% 23.22% 25.53% 20.16% 17.03% 10.43%
ROA
6.28% 10.31% 9.99% 8.92% 9.33% 14.92% 17.78% 14.92% 12.59% 7.67%
ROIC
8.91% 8.33% 10.81% 10.02% 11.19% 17.99% 20.67% 17.32% 12.09% 8.09%
Return on Tangible Assets
7.68% 11.80% 11.70% 10.90% 12.22% 18.41% 20.55% 16.98% 13.34% 8.46%
Average Days of Receivables
41.47 45.20 40.48 41.76 43.46 44.14 41.02 39.62 41.75 41.16
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
62.04% 60.32% 58.12% 58.51% 58.68% 51.74% 46.20% 49.93% 51.28% 54.31%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.37% 0.36% 0.34% 0.35% 0.41% 0.38% 0.32% 0.40% 0.44% 0.54%
Graham Net Nets
(0.13) (0.10) (0.16) (0.15) (0.07) (0.02) (0.01) 0.00 (0.03) (0.05)
Graham Number
28.80 42.82 49.73 55.64 66.22 100.17 134.45 147.87 162.55 143.85
Earnings Yield
4.25% 4.99% 7.29% 4.70% 2.93% 2.85% 6.47% 3.12% 2.98% 2.92%
Free Cash Flow Yield
2.56% (1.30%) 2.35% (0.34%) 1.91% 1.19% 1.94% 1.24% (3.76%) 0.58%
Revenue per Share
49.94 55.05 64.20 68.85 69.72 86.95 105.28 108.19 120.24 120.96
Operating CF per Share
5.85 6.19 9.95 10.51 11.83 14.54 17.84 21.70 21.87 22.25
Capex per Share
(4.70) (7.11) (8.64) (10.83) (8.37) (10.54) (13.78) (16.41) (39.00) (20.35)
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.15 (0.93) 1.31 (0.31) 3.46 4.00 4.05 5.29 (17.13) 1.90
Cash per Share
0.06 0.19 0.09 0.01 0.97 4.05 7.07 11.12 0.73 0.74
Shareholders Equity per Share
19.29 22.83 27.01 31.41 36.77 46.36 59.55 72.90 86.60 96.41
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
19.29 22.83 27.01 31.41 36.77 46.36 59.55 72.90 86.60 96.41
Free Cash Flow
28.74 (23.68) 33.85 (8.15) 90.33 105.24 107.51 140.79 (457.16) 50.85
Working Capital
21.54 36.32 4.06 (8.87) (4.06) 94.91 256.80 326.64 157.41 169.17
Capital Expenditures
(117.68) (181.52) (222.58) (281.03) (218.82) (277.35) (365.51) (437.15) (1,040.86) (544.13)
Net Current Asset Value
(150.81) (181.57) (224.51) (368.09) (315.79) (208.66) (64.48) 6.62 (419.82) (470.43)
EV/EBIT
15.12 20.62 11.04 16.73 26.46 26.30 11.43 24.12 25.60 25.20
Capex to Sales
0.09 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.32 0.17
Price to Operating Income
14.21 19.26 10.19 15.84 26.21 26.47 11.76 24.72 25.23 24.79
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Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.13 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.08 0.09
Cash ROIC
5.15% (3.29%) 4.12% (0.86%) 8.54% 7.64% 5.98% 6.25% (18.06%) 1.84%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
8.87 8.89 9.26 9.21 8.65 9.27 9.46 9.20 9.44 8.84
Accounts Payable Turnover
6.38 7.33 6.58 5.78 5.09 6.21 8.18 6.64 6.76 8.01
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
51.72 55.79 64.23 64.93 74.04 65.88 41.66 64.54 48.25 44.09
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
141.02 158.01 178.69 193.92 210.70 246.88 295.25 313.25 339.92 365.93
Average Payables
49.95 51.29 68.22 81.31 86.50 101.70 106.90 120.83 128.22 110.99
Average Assets
764.78 883.84 1,050.53 1,274.72 1,482.23 1,697.01 2,009.98 2,379.14 2,875.21 3,324.77
Average Common Equity
455.48 532.79 639.18 755.55 888.26 1,090.81 1,399.84 1,760.42 2,126.38 2,444.49

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