SAIA Stock — Saia Inc.

Saia Inc. (SAIA)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SAIA is a Stock. Total return is 2412.5% over the past 24.1 years, 1211.5 points ahead of SPY at 1201.0%.

Saia Inc. operates as a transportation company in North America, providing less-than-truckload services for shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds along with brokered truckload, expedited transportation, and logistics services. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule. Saia appeals to growth-oriented equity investors interested in the industrial transportation sector.

SAIA performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 2412.5% over the past 24.1 years, 1211.5 points ahead of SPY at 1201.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 10.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 33.4%.

SAIA key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/11/2002

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$335.00 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$8,912,710,845

Average volume

426729.0

Beta

2.191

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

32.34

Forward P/E

41.1523

EPS

$10.36

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SAIA risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 33.4%.

Who may consider SAIA — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SAIA does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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