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Saia SAIA Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin10.7%-2.7pp10.9%-4.1pp12.1%-3.5pp12.2%-3.8pp13.4%-2.7pp
Net margin7.8%-2.1pp7.9%-3.4pp8.8%-3.1pp9%-3.3pp9.9%-2.5pp
EBITDA margin18.5%-1.7pp18.6%-3.0pp19.5%-2.5pp19.4%-2.8pp20.2%-2.1pp
Free cash flow margin6%+12.2pp0.8%+15.2pp-0.4%+12.0pp-3.5%+8.5pp-6.3%+0.6pp
Returns
Return on equity10.2%-4.4pp10.4%-6.6pp11.9%-6.5pp12.7%-6.9pp14.6%-5.4pp
Return on assets7.4%-3.1pp7.7%-4.9pp8.6%-4.9pp9%-5.3pp10.5%-4.3pp
Return on invested capital9.4%-3.8pp9.7%-6.9pp11%-6.5pp11.3%-7.1pp13.2%-5.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×-0.1×-0.1×-0.2×-0.2×1.1×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.5×+0.1×1.6×+0.1×1.7×+0.4×1.5×+0.1×1.4×+0.2×
Quick ratio1.5×+0.1×1.6×+0.1×1.7×+0.4×1.5×+0.1×1.4×+0.2×
Cash ratio0.1×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.1×-0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×+0.1×
Debt-to-assets0.1×-0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA0.4×-0.2×0.5×0.0×0.5×+0.1×0.7×+0.2×0.6×+0.3×
Interest coverage23.7×-10.6×21.4×-32.6×23.6×-48.0×26.4×-87.9×34.3×-166×
Per Share
Book value per share$97.97+11.2%$96.23+11.6%$94.29+13.2%$90.97+14.1%$88.12+16.4%
Valuation
Market capitalization$9.37B+0.7%$8.7B-28.2%$7.97B-31.7%$7.33B-42.1%$9.31B-40.4%
Enterprise value$9.59B-1.2%$8.99B-27.7%$8.29B-30.8%$7.76B-40.1%$9.71B-38.6%
Price / earnings36.7×+7.7×34.1×+0.6×28.1×-3.0×25.3×-8.0×29×-13.3×
Price / sales2.9×0.0×2.7×-1.1×2.5×-1.2×2.3×-1.8×2.9×-2.4×
Price / book3.6×-0.4×3.4×-1.9×3.2×-2.1×-2.9×3.9×-3.7×
EV / EBITDA16×+1.1×15×-3.0×13.2×-4.1×12.4×-6.4×14.8×-9.0×
EV / sales2.9×0.0×2.8×-1.1×2.6×-1.2×2.4×-1.8×-2.3×
Free cash flow yield2.1%+4.3pp0.3%+4.1pp-0.2%+3.2pp-1.5%+1.4pp-2.2%-0.9pp
Earnings yield2.7%-0.7pp2.9%-0.1pp3.6%+0.3pp4%+0.9pp3.5%+1.1pp

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Where do Saia's ratios come from?
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