Saia ranks among the 10 largest less-than-truckload carriers in the United States, with more than 200 facilities and a fleet of more than 6,200 tractors and 20,800 trailers. As a national LTL carrier, the firm offers time-definite and expedited options for shipments ranging between 100 and 10,000 pounds. Saia ranks among the top-tier providers in terms of profitability.

Financial Strength

10/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	2.14
Equity-to-Asset	0.75
Debt-to-Equity	0.07
Debt-to-EBITDA	0.21
Interest Coverage	181.66
Piotroski F-Score	5/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	16.22	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.84	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	16.3
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	26.7
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	36.6
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	20.7
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	26
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	18.88
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	9.3

Momentum Rank

9/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	16.55
	9-Day RSI	20.53
	14-Day RSI	24.63
	6-1 Month Momentum %	55.79
	12-1 Month Momentum %	136.83

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	2.01
	Quick Ratio	2.01
	Cash Ratio	0.92
	Days Sales Outstanding	39.08
	Days Payable	17.94

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	-0.3
	Shareholder Yield %	0.11

Profitability Rank

9/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	20.79
	Operating Margin %	15.98
	Net Margin %	12.32
	FCF Margin %	4.79
	ROE %	20.24
	ROA %	15.01
	ROIC %	18.31
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	25.53
	ROCE %	22.56
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10

GF Value Rank

1/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	32.31
	Forward PE Ratio	26.31
	PE Ratio without NRI	32.31
	Shiller PE Ratio	64.68
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	37.61
	PEG Ratio	1.31
	PS Ratio	3.93
	PB Ratio	5.85
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	5.9
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	83.11
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	19.83
	EV-to-EBIT	30.38
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	24.41
	EV-to-EBITDA	21.99
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	18.02
	EV-to-Revenue	4.94
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	4.32
	EV-to-FCF	103.16
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	4.44
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	1.03
	Price-to-DCF (FCF Based)	2.66
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	3.03
	Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value	1.29
	Price-to-Graham-Number	2.91
	Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value	1715.24
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	3.29
	FCF Yield %	1.21
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	20.53

GF Value: $347.71

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