SAIASaia, Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (2.1×), but margins compressing.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash.
Operating profit is falling even as sales grow, costs are outrunning the top line.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 10% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is SAIA?
Saia, Inc. earns 11% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.8 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 11%
Operating margin · Trucking median 1.3% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 2.14×
Cash conversion · 2.08× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +0.18%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9.9% |
| FY2021 | 15% |
| FY2022 | 17% |
| FY2023 | 16% |
| FY2024 | 15% |
| FY2025 | 11% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 11%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 8.2%
- Free cash flow margin
- 7.5%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.39B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $255M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $278M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 11%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.