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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 7.14
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 2 — 6 — — 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.67%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 9,110.00
Revenue 3,392.32
Net Income 277.96
Free Cash Flow 279.81
Net Debt 16.11
Current Ratio 1.58 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.04 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 32.24
Fwd P/E 41.40 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 2.64
P/B ratio 3.29
Past 5Y EPS Growth 12.86%
This Y EPS Growth 24.93% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 25.12% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 12.42% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 23.75% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 73.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 61.63%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 42.68%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 61.33%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 8.01%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 296 19 20 84
Receivables 313 367 365 436
Inventory — — — —
Other 7 14 14 16
649 436 435 588
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 142 115 107 165
ST’ Debt 10 5 1 0
Other 27 38 32 39
322 278 265 371

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 10.23% 12.16% 5.02%
Cash Flow 15.10% 13.99% 7.95%
Earnings 16.58% 13.01% (10.64%)
Book Value 19.67% 21.81% 17.74%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 806 956 — — —
’25 788 817 840 790 3,234
’24 755 823 842 789 3,209
’23 661 695 775 751 2,881
’22 661 746 730 656 2,792
’21 484 571 616 617 2,289
’20 446 418 481 476 1,822
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 140 152 — — —
’25 109 171 178 137 595
’24 106 131 182 165 584
’23 119 172 125 162 578
’22 96 112 136 129 473
’21 61 79 128 115 383
’20 51 97 91 70 309
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 76 57 — — —
’25 (93) (3) 107 39 51
’24 (350) (94) (10) (3) (457)
’23 (9) 74 13 63 141
’22 51 2 13 41 108
’21 36 5 79 (14) 105
’20 (51) 57 36 49 90
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.86 3.51 — — —
’25 1.86 2.67 3.22 1.77 9.52
’24 3.38 3.83 3.46 2.84 13.51
’23 2.85 3.42 3.67 3.33 13.26
’22 2.98 4.10 3.67 2.65 13.40
’21 1.40 2.34 2.98 2.76 9.48
’20 1.06 1.07 1.56 1.51 5.20
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 18.28 41.28 52.04 53.35 61.46 171.16 168.03 204.02 358.90 229.12

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 48.85 72.40 87.05 107.00 194.00 365.50 342.99 461.92 628.34 538.03
People
People Employees 8,900 9,800 10,300 10,400 10,600 11,600 12,300 14,000 15,300 14,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.20 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.22
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,250 1,405 1,654 1,787 1,822 2,289 2,792 2,881 3,209 3,234
Gross margin, % 74.52 73.25 72.86 73.69 75.82 72.40 68.68 72.15 72.99 72.50
EBT 75 90 136 147 176 333 468 466 476 337
EBT margin, % 5.99 6.39 8.21 8.21 9.67 14.54 16.76 16.18 14.83 10.43
Net income 48 91 105 114 138 253 357 355 362 255
Depreciation 76 87 102 119 135 142 157 179 210 249
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 49.94 55.05 64.20 68.85 69.72 86.95 105.28 108.19 120.24 120.96
Earnings 1.92 3.57 4.08 4.38 5.29 9.62 13.48 13.32 13.57 9.54
Cash flow 5.85 6.19 9.95 10.51 11.83 14.54 17.84 21.70 21.87 22.25
Capex (4.70) (7.11) (8.64) (10.83) (8.37) (10.54) (13.78) (16.41) (39.00) (20.35)
Free cash flow 1.15 (0.93) 1.31 (0.31) 3.46 4.00 4.05 5.29 (17.13) 1.90
Book value 19.29 22.83 27.01 31.41 36.77 46.36 59.55 72.90 86.60 96.41
Shares, m 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.51 20.03 13.72 21.26 34.11 35.03 15.46 32.07 33.61 34.23
P/S 0.90 1.30 0.87 1.35 2.59 3.88 1.98 3.95 3.79 2.70
P/B 2.33 3.13 2.07 2.96 4.92 7.27 3.50 5.86 5.26 3.39
EV/Sales 0.96 1.39 0.94 1.43 2.62 3.85 1.93 3.85 3.85 2.74
EV/FCF 41.63 (82.47) 46.04 (313.04) 52.83 83.76 50.00 78.88 (27.00) 174.55
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 146 158 256 273 309 383 473 578 584 595
Capex (118) (182) (223) (281) (219) (277) (366) (437) (1,041) (544)
Free cash flow 29 (24) 34 (8) 90 105 108 141 (457) 51
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 22 36 4 (9) (4) 95 257 327 157 169
Total debt 74 133 123 136 71 50 31 16 200 164
Net debt 72 128 121 136 46 (56) (156) (280) 181 144
Shareholders’ equity 483 582 696 815 961 1,220 1,579 1,941 2,311 2,578
Returns, %
Returns, % 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
ROE 10.54 17.10 16.42 15.05 15.57 23.22 25.53 20.16 17.03 10.43
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Saia, Inc. vs peers in Trucking (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. $39.2B 36.0× 45.1× +10.39% (above 0%: growing) +33.07% (above 0%: growing) +123.99% (above 0%: growing) 97.83% 29.94% Compare
XPO XPO, Inc. $22.1B 54.3× 50.5× +13.22% (above 0%: growing) +53.33% (above 0%: growing) +269.64% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 11.55% Compare
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. $10.6B 240× 48.5× +12.56% (above 0%: growing) +28.57% (above 0%: growing) +41.85% (above 0%: growing) 69.96% 5.00% Compare
TFII TFI International Inc. $9.4B 27.9× 34.1× +12.38% (above 0%: growing) +40.68% (above 0%: growing) +10.93% (above 0%: growing) 47.92% 9.62% Compare
SAIA Saia, Inc. $9.1B 32.2× 41.4× +17.06% (above 0%: growing) +31.84% (above 0%: growing) +2,170.05% (above 0%: growing) 70.34% 13.09%
SNDR Schneider National, Inc. $5.5B 49.2× 41.6× +10.43% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) −33.07% (below 0%: shrinking) 53.68% 4.55% Compare
RXO RXO INC $4.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +25.02% (above 0%: growing) n/m −620.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.04% 0.06% Compare
ARCB ArcBest Corporation $3.0B 186× 33.5× +15.87% (above 0%: growing) n/m +45.84% (above 0%: growing) (1.74%) (1.74%) Compare
WERN Werner Enterprises, Inc. $2.0B — (loss-making) 56.2× +24.00% (above 0%: growing) −84.72% (below 0%: shrinking) +581.60% (above 0%: growing) 52.19% 1.81% Compare
Median of peers $7.5B 51.7× 45.1× +12.89% +33.20% +43.85% 52.94% 4.78%

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Saia, Inc. (SAIA) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $255.0 million, or $9.54 per share (basic), a net margin of 7.89%.
  • Strength: Saia, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, up 0.79% from fiscal 2024.
  • Saia, Inc. (SAIA) is a Trucking company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SAIA traded at $335.00, a market capitalization of $9.1 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 32.2× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 74% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 10.4% and debt-to-equity 0.04.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 8.03 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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