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SAIA Industrials Trucking
Saia, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, up 0.79% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +17.0%
- EPS
- +5.57%
- Free cash flow
- +4.02%
- Total debt
- −54.4%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Saia, Inc. (SAIA) Return on invested capital
Saia, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.70%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.09%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.09% (fiscal 2025) to 20.7% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Trucking industry median of 0.03% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.09% | (4.00) |
| FY2024 | 12.1% | (5.23) |
| FY2023 | 17.3% | (3.35) |
| FY2022 | 20.7% | 2.68 |
| FY2021 | 18.0% | 6.80 |
| FY2020 | 11.2% | 1.17 |
| FY2019 | 10.0% | (0.79) |
| FY2018 | 10.8% | 2.48 |
| FY2017 | 8.33% | (0.58) |
| FY2016 | 8.91% | (2.41) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. compare | 22.8% |
| XPO XPO, Inc. compare | 11.3% |
| SAIA Saia, Inc. | 8.70% |
| TFII TFI International Inc. compare | 7.76% |
| SNDR Schneider National, Inc. compare | 4.06% |
| KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. compare | 2.37% |
| ARCB ArcBest Corporation compare | 2.34% |
| WERN Werner Enterprises, Inc. compare | 0.06% |
| RXO RXO INC compare | −1.64% |
| Trucking industry median | 0.03% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.86% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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