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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX) vs Saia, Inc. (SAIA)

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. and Saia, Inc. are both Trucking companies. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.6B against $9.1B — 1.2× the size. Saia, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 32.2× against 240×. Saia, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.84% against 4.07%. Saia, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.19% vs 0.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.54% vs 1.47%). Across the 22 metrics below, Saia, Inc. leads on 14 and Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric KNX SAIA Trucking median
P/E 240.04 32.24 54.27
P/S 1.36 2.64 1.15
P/B 1.51 3.29 1.80
Price to free cash flow 13.17 32.06 13.17
EV/EBITDA 12.86 14.31 11.38
EV/Sales 1.66 2.65 1.03
Earnings yield 0.42% 3.10% 0.21%
Free cash flow yield 7.59% 3.12% 4.53%

Profitability

Metric KNX SAIA Trucking median
Gross margin 72.14% 71.55% 51.20%
Operating margin 2.72% 11.04% 0.00%
Net margin 0.56% 8.19% 0.16%
Free cash flow margin 10.35% 8.25% 5.45%
Return on equity 0.61% 10.77% 0.31%
Return on assets 0.35% 7.74% 0.18%
Return on invested capital 1.47% 8.54% (0.05%)

Growth

Metric KNX SAIA Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.07% 4.84% 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (43.84%) (29.53%) (40.10%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.83% 12.16% 6.08%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (30.61%) 13.01% 0.00%

Health

Metric KNX SAIA Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.04 0.17
Current ratio 0.88 1.58 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 1.85 0.24 1.59

Dividend

Metric KNX SAIA Trucking median
Dividend yield 1.20% — 1.20%
Payout ratio 3.00 — 0.70

Size

Metric KNX SAIA Trucking median
Market cap 10.62b 9.11b 1.53b

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