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

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