NASDAQ:SAIA - Saia Stock Price, Forecast & News

Saia trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SAIA."

Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $468.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $464.97 million. Saia had a net margin of 6.72% and a return on equity of 15.89%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.07 EPS. View Saia's Earnings History.

Saia is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Saia.

11 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Saia's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $111.00. On average, they expect Saia's share price to reach $87.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Saia.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saia in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Saia.

News articles about SAIA stock have trended neutral on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Saia earned a news impact score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Saia.

Saia saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,860,000 shares, a drop of 12.3% from the October 31st total of 2,120,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 299,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 7.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Saia's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Saia include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J B Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), AMERCO (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Heartland Express (HTLD), Marten Transport (MRTN), FRP (FRPH), Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS) and Quality Distribution (QLTY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saia investors own include Input Capital (INP), Circle Oil (COP), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Falcon Oil & Gas (FO), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), Baidu (BIDU), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Verizon Communications (VZ), Costco Wholesale (COST) and T-Mobile Us (TMUS).

Saia's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.02%), Voya Investment Management LLC (1.33%), Stifel Financial Corp (0.99%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.95%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.43%) and British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd (0.39%). Company insiders that own Saia stock include Bjorn E Olsson, Douglas Wayne Rockel, Frederick J Holzgrefe III, Jeffrey C Ward, John J Holland, Paul C Peck, Raymond R Ramu, Richard D Odell and Stephanie Maschmeier. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Saia.

SAIA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., Comerica Bank, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Stifel Financial Corp, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC and Keybank National Association OH. Company insiders that have sold Saia company stock in the last year include Frederick J Holzgrefe III, John J Holland, Paul C Peck, Raymond R Ramu, Richard D Odell and Stephanie Maschmeier. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saia.

SAIA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voya Investment Management LLC, British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, Castleark Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Barclays PLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Saia.

Shares of SAIA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SAIA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.03.

Saia has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion and generates $1.65 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $104.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.99 on an earnings per share basis. Saia employs 10,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Saia.

The official website for Saia is http://www.saia.com/.

Saia's mailing address is 11465 JOHNS CREEK PARKWAY SUITE 400, JOHNS CREEK GA, 30097. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 770-232-5067 or via email at [email protected]