Saia (SAIA)

• Market cap: $12.9B
• 1 day: -1.25%
• 5 days: 8.84%
• 1 month: -8.62%
• 3 months: 9.00%
• 6 months: 0.65%
• Year to date: 9.33%
• 1 year: 12.77%
• 5 years: 399.37%
• 10 years: 907.43%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Trucking, Except Local

About: 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.

Employees: 14,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

0.44% more ownership

Funds ownership: 114.16% [Q2] → 114.6% (+0.44%) [Q3]

2% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 163 | Existing positions reduced: 167

4% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 65 | Existing positions closed: 68

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 460 [Q2] → 451 (-9) [Q3]

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $14.4B [Q2] → $13.3B (-$1.07B) [Q3]

33% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $111M | Put options by funds: $166M

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q2] → 1 (-1) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $443 9% downside
• Avg. target: $552 13% upside
• High target: $644 32% upside

10 analyst ratings

• positive: 6 60%
• neutral: 4 40%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Brandon Oglenski 50% 1-year accuracy 34 / 68 met price target	23% upside $600	Overweight Maintained	17 Jan 2025
B of A Securities Ken Hoexter 40% 1-year accuracy 21 / 53 met price target	23% upside $600	Buy Maintained	16 Jan 2025
Stifel J. Bruce Chan 46% 1-year accuracy 12 / 26 met price target	9% downside $443	Hold Maintained	15 Jan 2025
Jefferies Stephanie Moore 67% 1-year accuracy 20 / 30 met price target	15% upside $560	Buy Maintained	10 Jan 2025
Susquehanna Bascome Majors 59% 1-year accuracy 26 / 44 met price target	9% upside $530	Neutral Downgraded	7 Jan 2025