NASDAQ:SAIASaia Stock Price, Forecast & News

Saia's stock was trading at $72.75 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SAIA shares have increased by 14.6% and is now trading at $83.34. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Saia in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Saia.

Saia is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Saia.

Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) posted its earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.04. The transportation company earned $443.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $434.31 million. Saia had a net margin of 6.36% and a return on equity of 14.52%. Saia's quarterly revenue was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.97 earnings per share. View Saia's earnings history.

10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Saia's stock. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $111.00. On average, they anticipate Saia's stock price to reach $87.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Saia.

Press coverage about SAIA stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Saia earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutSaia.

Saia saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,915,300 shares, an increase of 8.2% from the February 27th total of 1,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 402,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 7.4% of the company's stock are short sold. 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), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), AMERCO (UHAL), Landstar System (LSTR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Ryder System (R), Marten Transport (MRTN), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), FRP (FRPH) and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Saia investors own include Baidu (BIDU), Input Capital (INP), Circle Oil (COP), NVIDIA (NVDA), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Baozun (BZUN), JD.Com (JD) and AT&T (T).

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

Saia's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). Company insiders that own Saia stock include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $83.34.

Saia has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $113.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.23 on an earnings per share basis. Saia employs 10,400 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]m.