Saia Inc (SAIA)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Saia Inc [SAIA] stock is trading at $378.49, down -0.79%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The SAIA shares have gain 8.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.96%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Saia Inc [NASDAQ: SAIA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 07, 2025, when Deutsche Bank initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $570. Previously, Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy on February 24, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $524. On January 07, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $530 on the stock. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold and decreased its price target to $437 on October 21, 2024. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $511 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 09, 2024. Citigroup started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on October 09, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $518. In a note dated July 29, 2024, TD Cowen reiterated an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $475 to $416.

Saia Inc [SAIA] stock has fluctuated between $342.68 and $624.55 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $507 within the next 12 months. Saia Inc [NASDAQ: SAIA] shares were valued at $378.49 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 33.95% based on the average SAIA price forecast.

Analyzing the SAIA fundamentals

Saia Inc [NASDAQ:SAIA] reported sales of 3.21B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 5.04%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.18% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.17. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.06.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 371.00 points at the first support level, and at 363.52 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 385.73, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 392.97.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Saia Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.57. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.57 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.14, the price to book ratio is 4.34 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 28.01.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved RAMU RAYMOND R, Exec. VP & Chief Customer Off., that happened on Feb 24 ’25 when 1980.0 shares were sold. Officer, RAYMOND R. RAMU completed a deal on Feb 24 ’25 to buy 1980.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Financial Officer Batteh Matthew J sold 700.0 shares on Feb 18 ’25.

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