Saia SAIA Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 10.7%-2.7pp | 10.9%-4.1pp | 12.1%-3.5pp | 12.2%-3.8pp | 13.4%-2.7pp | |
| Net margin | 7.8%-2.1pp | 7.9%-3.4pp | 8.8%-3.1pp | 9%-3.3pp | 9.9%-2.5pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 18.5%-1.7pp | 18.6%-3.0pp | 19.5%-2.5pp | 19.4%-2.8pp | 20.2%-2.1pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 6%+12.2pp | 0.8%+15.2pp | -0.4%+12.0pp | -3.5%+8.5pp | -6.3%+0.6pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 10.2%-4.4pp | 10.4%-6.6pp | 11.9%-6.5pp | 12.7%-6.9pp | 14.6%-5.4pp | |
| Return on assets | 7.4%-3.1pp | 7.7%-4.9pp | 8.6%-4.9pp | 9%-5.3pp | 10.5%-4.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4%-3.8pp | 9.7%-6.9pp | 11%-6.5pp | 11.3%-7.1pp | 13.2%-5.5pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×-0.1× | 1×-0.2× | 1×-0.2× | 1.1×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.5×+0.1× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.7×+0.4× | 1.5×+0.1× | 1.4×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.5×+0.1× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.7×+0.4× | 1.5×+0.1× | 1.4×+0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×+0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×+0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×+0.1× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.4×-0.2× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.6×+0.3× | |
| Interest coverage | 23.7×-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 / earnings | 36.7×+7.7× | 34.1×+0.6× | 28.1×-3.0× | 25.3×-8.0× | 29×-13.3× | |
| Price / sales | 2.9×0.0× | 2.7×-1.1× | 2.5×-1.2× | 2.3×-1.8× | 2.9×-2.4× | |
| Price / book | 3.6×-0.4× | 3.4×-1.9× | 3.2×-2.1× | 3×-2.9× | 3.9×-3.7× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16×+1.1× | 15×-3.0× | 13.2×-4.1× | 12.4×-6.4× | 14.8×-9.0× | |
| EV / sales | 2.9×0.0× | 2.8×-1.1× | 2.6×-1.2× | 2.4×-1.8× | 3×-2.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.1%+4.3pp | 0.3%+4.1pp | -0.2%+3.2pp | -1.5%+1.4pp | -2.2%-0.9pp | |
| Earnings yield | 2.7%-0.7pp | 2.9%-0.1pp | 3.6%+0.3pp | 4%+0.9pp | 3.5%+1.1pp |
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- Where do Saia's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Saia's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
