profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Saia
$342.29+3.42% today
+25.9% in 1 year
1-year low $250.481-year high $487.14
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $35.81 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Saia sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.79 billion in 2022 to $3.23 billion in 2025, with $255 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Saia vs. similar companies
Saia grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saia | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 Old Dominion Freight Line | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings | 157.5× · Very expensive | ||
 TFI International | 25.3× · Fair price | ||
 Schneider National | 49.7× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Saia's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,822 | 2,289 | 2,792 | 2,881 | 3,209 | 3,234 | |
| – | – | 591 | 599 | 644 | 517 | |
| 180 | 335 | 470 | 460 | 482 | 352 | |
| 316 | 478 | 628 | 648 | 695 | 602 | |
| 138 | 253 | 357 | 355 | 362 | 255 | |
| 5.20 | 9.48 | 13.40 | 13.26 | 13.51 | 9.52 | |
| – | – | 21.2% | 20.8% | 20.1% | 16.0% | |
| 9.9% | 14.6% | 16.9% | 16.0% | 15.0% | 10.9% | |
| 7.6% | 11.1% | 12.8% | 12.3% | 11.3% | 7.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,549 | 1,845 | 2,175 | 2,584 | 3,167 | 3,483 |
| Cash | 25 | 107 | 187 | 296 | 19 | 20 |
| Total debt | – | 160 | 155 | 139 | 324 | 305 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 595 | 642 | 856 | 905 |
| 961 | 1,220 | 1,579 | 1,941 | 2,311 | 2,578 | |
| 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | |
| 14.9% | 19.2% | 21.4% | 17.8% | 14.5% | 9.7% | |
| 14.4% | 20.8% | 22.6% | 18.3% | 15.7% | 9.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 | 383 | 473 | 578 | 584 | 595 | |
| 231 | 286 | 367 | 440 | 1,044 | 568 | |
| 78 | 97 | 106 | 138 | -460 | 27 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | 12 | – | – | – | |
| 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
Valuation
- 35.8×
- 30.7×
- 2.79
- 4.7×
- 2.8×
- 334.1×
- 15.6×
- 0.3%
- 2.8%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 16.0%
- 10.9%
- 7.9%
- 18.6%
- 8.1%
- 15.7%
- 10.0%
- 7.2%
- 10.8%
- –
Growth
- +12.2%
- +12.9%
- +105.9%
- –
- +0.4%
Financial health
- 0.2×
- 0.06
- 4.2%
- 23.7×
- 1.52
- 1.52
- 0.91
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 50%of 984
Top 36%of 987
Bottom 21%of 875
Top 27%of 988
Bottom 20%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $422.67
- Range
- $262.00 – $500.00
- 17 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.86 | 1.82 | +2.2% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 1.77 | 1.90 | −6.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2.81 | 2.52 | +11.5% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 2.67 | 2.39 | +11.7% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 1.86 | 2.77 | −32.9% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 2.84 | 2.87 | −1.0% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | 3.46 | 3.53 | −2.0% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 3.83 | 4.00 | −4.2% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
46No pass
Benjamin Graham
40No pass
Philip Fisher
42No pass
Peter Lynch
38No pass
Joel Greenblatt
12No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
28No pass
Questions about Saia
Is Saia a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Saia AI analysis
What does Saia do?
Saia, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a transportation company in North America. It is in Trucking, based in Johns Creek, GA, United States, with 13,734 employees.
Does Saia pay a dividend?
No. Saia does not pay a dividend at the moment.
Is Saia stock halal?
Yes. Saia passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 3% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Saia stock done over the past year?
Up 25.9% over the past twelve months, to $342.29. It traded between $250.48 and $487.14 and is 29.7% below its high.
Who are Saia's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Old Dominion Freight Line, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, TFI International and Schneider National. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Saia's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.