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Saia Inc

SAIA
292.500USD
+9.030+3.19%
Close 10/31, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
7.79BMarket Cap
26.86P/E TTM

Saia Inc

292.500
+9.030+3.19%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Saia Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Saia Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
25 / 73
Overall Ranking
157 / 4618
Industry
Freight & Logistics Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 21 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
328.656
Target Price
+15.94%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Saia Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Saia, Inc. is a transportation company. The Company provides less-than-truckload (LTL) services through a single integrated organization. It also offers customers a range of other value-added services, including non-asset truckload, expedited, and logistics services across North America. Its subsidiary, Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC (Saia LTL Freight), is an LTL carrier that serves 45 states and provides LTL services to Canada and Mexico through relationships with third-party interline carriers. Saia LTL Freight specializes in offering its customers a range of LTL services, including time-definite and expedited options. Saia LTL Freight primarily provides its customers with solutions for shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds. Saia LTL Freight operates a network comprised of approximately 198 owned and leased facilities, including three general offices and one warehouse, and also owns approximately 6,500 tractors and 22,100 trailers, including equipment acquired with finance leases.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PB is 3.08, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 29.94M shares, decreasing 9.59% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Andreas Halvorsen
Star Investor Andreas Halvorsen holds 1.34M shares of this stock.
Lower Market Activity
The company has less investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 0.15.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 7.53, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.19. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 817.12M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.74%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 30.36%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.53
Change
0

Financials

6.51

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.94

Operational Efficiency

8.18

Growth Potential

7.57

Shareholder Returns

7.44

Saia Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 5.60, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.45. Its current P/E ratio is 27.56, which is 64.99% below the recent high of 45.47 and 43.84% above the recent low of 15.48.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.60
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 25/73
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.43, which is equal to the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.43. The average price target for Saia Inc is 335.50, with a high of 375.00 and a low of 250.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.43
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 21 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
328.656
Target Price
+15.94%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

27
Total
18
Median
16
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Saia Inc
SAIA
21
Union Pacific Corp
UNP
29
CSX Corp
CSX
28
Canadian National Railway Co
CNI
28
J B Hunt Transport Services Inc
JBHT
27
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc
CHRW
27
1
2
3
...
6

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.28, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.19. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 323.41 and the support level at 263.84, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.01
Change
0.27

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(2)
Neutral(3)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-3.849
Sell
RSI(14)
46.936
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
33.537
Buy
ATR(14)
13.034
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-64.719
Neutral
Williams %R
51.937
Neutral
TRIX(12,20)
-0.195
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(5)
Neutral(0)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
285.396
Buy
MA10
294.737
Sell
MA20
299.826
Sell
MA50
302.667
Sell
MA100
296.462
Sell
MA200
328.975
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 5.38. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 112.42%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.01%. The largest institutional shareholder is PRFDX, holding a total of 2.87M shares, representing 10.79% of shares outstanding, with 13.78% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Star Investors
2.87M
+2.30%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
2.49M
-0.85%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
2.15M
-8.13%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1.68M
-26.23%
Capital International Investors
1.41M
-8.72%
Viking Global Investors LP
Star Investors
1.34M
+61.58%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
1.21M
+0.36%
State Street Investment Management (US)
826.44K
-1.78%
Wasatch Global Investors Inc
Star Investors
825.69K
+25.26%
Fidelity Investments Canada ULC
622.78K
+22.91%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.73, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 5.54. The company's beta value is 2.06. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.73
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
2.06
VaR
+4.54%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+58.42%
240-Day Volatility
+65.20%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+8.95%
120 days
+12.39%
5 years
+16.01%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-6.71%
120 days
-6.71%
5 years
-30.66%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.17
120 days
+0.74
5 years
+0.42

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+58.42%
3 years
+60.94%
5 years
+60.94%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.79
3 years
+0.15
5 years
+0.16
Skewness
240 days
-1.81
3 years
-1.28
5 years
-0.72

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+65.20%
5 years
+55.09%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+5.89%
5 years
+4.82%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+149.04%
240 days
+149.04%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+36.07%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+32.12%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+2.50%
120 days
+2.74%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+15.38%
60 days
+42.09%
120 days
+55.36%

Peer Comparison

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