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.
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Saia, Inc. (SAIA) Altman Z-score
Saia, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 8.03, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.03 | (2.97) |
| FY2024 | 11.00 | (2.66) |
| FY2023 | 13.66 | 5.08 |
| FY2022 | 8.58 | (2.55) |
| FY2021 | 11.14 | 4.13 |
| FY2020 | 7.01 | 2.44 |
| FY2019 | 4.58 | 0.18 |
| FY2018 | 4.39 | (0.73) |
| FY2017 | 5.13 | 0.68 |
| FY2016 | 4.45 | 0.85 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.05 | — | 0.06 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.65 | — | 0.92 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.10 | — | 0.33 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 9.65 | — | 5.79 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.93 | — | 0.93 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 8.03 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 6.12 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. compare | 20.0× |
| SAIA Saia, Inc. | 8.0× |
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What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets