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Saia SAIA Interest coverage

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$806.2M+2.4%
Operating income$66.8M-4.8%
Net income$49.9M+0.1%
EPS (diluted)$1.860.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$39.2M+137%
Total debt$262.6M-37.8%
Total equity$2.6B+11.3%
Total assets$3.6B+5.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$139.6M+28.0%
CapEx$66.1M-67.4%
Free cash flow$73.5M+178%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.58B+0.7%
Enterprise value$11.8B-1.2%
P/E45.4×+9.6×
P/S3.6×0.0×

Profitability

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Operating margin10.7%-2.7pp
Net margin7.8%-2.1pp
FCF margin6%+4.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.2%-4.4pp
Debt / equity0.1×-0.1×
Current ratio1.5×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Saia’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Saia’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Saia's interest coverage?
Saia (SAIA) reported interest coverage of 23.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Saia's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Saia's interest coverage decreased by 30.9% year-over-year, from 34.3× to 23.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Saia's interest coverage?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Saia's interest coverage has grown at a -9.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 34.8× to 21.4×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.