Saia, Inc. (SAIA) is a publicly traded company in the Industrials — Trucking industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Saia, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a transportation company in North America. The company provides less-than-truckload services for shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds. It also offers other value-added services, including brokered truckload, expedited transportation, and other logistics services. The company was formerly known as SCS Transportation, Inc. and changed its name to Saia, Inc. in July 2002. Saia, Inc.
Is Saia, Inc. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Saia, Inc. (SAIA) trades at 32.7× earnings (P/E), above the median of the 297 industrials companies over $2bn in Kaplio's universe. At the decade median (26.5×) $280 (-19 %); at its sector median (25.8×) $272 (-21 %).
Kaplio overview: Saia, Inc.
Market cap $9B · 52 weeks $250 – $487 (29 % below the high) · P/E 32.7× · 2027 expected P/E 24.2× · Dividend none · Next earnings February 9, 2027 · expected EPS $2.77 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Oct 29.
- Valuation: P/E 32.7× (fairly priced).
- Business: ROIC 8 % (fair).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 0.7× (solid).
- Earnings: 5 of 8 (uneven).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
At the decade median (26.5×) $280 (-19 %); at its sector median (25.8×) $272 (-21 %). Implied price from applying the reference multiples to today's earnings (or book value, or FFO) per share. Not a fair value: it is where the stock would trade at its usual multiples.
What matters in industrials: 5 of 10 pass
- ROIC 8.2 %, fails.
- FCF conversion 10.7 %, fails.
- Capex / Revenue 17.6 %, fails.
- P/E vs own 10y history 32.7×, fails.
- Operating margin 10.9 %, borderline.
- 5y revenue growth 11.7 %, passes.
- Net debt / EBITDA 0.7×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 8.0, passes.
- Piotroski F-Score 4 de 9, passes.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 14.3×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Saia, Inc.: P/E 32.7×; EV/EBITDA 14.3×; ROIC 8.2 %; $9.2B. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (P/E 65.3×; EV/EBITDA 10.8×; ROIC 2.1 %; $9.9B), XPO Logistics, Inc. (P/E 44.7×; EV/EBITDA 17.8×; ROIC 10.1 %; $22.2B), ArcBest Corp (P/E 182×; EV/EBITDA 14.9×; ROIC 1.2 %; $2.8B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten years?
P/E at each close: today 32.7× · median 26.5× · minimum 14.4× · maximum 67.7× · cheap below 22.0× · expensive above 38.7×. It has been cheaper than today 69% of the time over its last ten years.
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 10.53% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 8.21% |
| Return on Assets | 7.35% |
| Gross Margin | 36.47% |
| Operating Margin | 10.70% |
| Net Margin | 8.01% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.06 |
| Current Ratio | 1.83 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 4 |
| Altman Z-Score | 8.03 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +0.07% |
| 3 months | -0.87% |
| Year-to-date | +5.54% |
| 1 year | +17.82% |
| 3 years | -9.30% |
| 5 years | +5.03% |
| 10 years | +893.11% |
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