Saia Inc (NASDAQ: SAIA) is -36.44% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $229.12 and a high of $624.55 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SAIA stock was last observed hovering at around $310.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.81%.
Currently trading at $311.79, the stock is 6.55% and 12.26% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing 0.26% at the moment leaves the stock -21.23% off its SMA200. SAIA registered -31.58% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -37.10%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $277.744 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $395.82196.
The stock witnessed a 13.30% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.69%, and is 6.91% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.76% over the week and 3.71% over the month.
Saia Inc (SAIA) has around 15300 employees, a market worth around $8.30B and $3.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.01 and Fwd P/E is 26.58. Profit margin for the company is 9.91%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.08% and -50.08% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.69%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -33.38% this year
610.0 institutions hold shares in Saia Inc (SAIA), with institutional investors hold 114.52% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 26.63M, and float is at 26.55M with Short Float at 6.33%. Institutions hold 114.27% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.1 million shares valued at $1.47 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.6081 of the SAIA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with 2.61 million shares valued at $1.24 billion to account for 9.7946 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 2.52 million shares representing 9.4304 and valued at over $1.19 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 7.7058 of the shares totaling 2.06 million with a market value of $975.25 million.
Saia Inc (SAIA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by RAMU RAYMOND R, the company’s Exec. VP & Chief Customer Off. SEC filings show that RAMU RAYMOND R sold 1,980 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $415.80 per share for a total of $0.82 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5902.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, Batteh Matthew J (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 700 shares at an average price of $500.09 for $0.35 million. The insider now directly holds 3,326 shares of Saia Inc (SAIA).
