XPO vs SAIA vs SNDR Stock Comparison

Xpo, Saia and Schneider National Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XPO XPO, Inc.
$191.12 +2.7% 1M +38.2% 1Y
Market cap
$21.89B
P/E
43.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.84B
Div. yield
–
Trucking Industrials
5 wins
SAIA Saia Inc
$353.18 +0.6% 1M +24.1% 1Y
Market cap
$9.68B
P/E
34.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.54B
Div. yield
–
Trucking Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Xpo leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Xpo 5, Saia 3, Schneider National 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionXPOSAIASNDRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.89B $9.68B $5.21B XPO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 43.5x 34.2x 36.8x SAIA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.3x 33.2x 26.4x SNDR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.5% +9.3% +6.0% XPO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.7% 8.0% 2.4% SAIA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 10.0% 4.4% XPO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x -0.2x 0.1x SAIA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +38.2% +24.1% +38.3% SNDR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.4%/yr +0.1%/yr +2.6%/yr XPO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.9% 46.8% 37.8% SNDR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 48/100 49/100 XPO

Percentile Scorecard

XPOSAIASNDR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisXPOSAIASNDR
Valuation 17 #114 of 137 22 #107 of 137 52 #66 of 137
Growth 91 #13 of 127 56 #56 of 127 47 #68 of 127
Profitability 66 #43 of 125 63 #47 of 125 41 #74 of 125
Financial Health 26 #109 of 147 92 #13 of 147 82 #28 of 147
Shareholder Returns 47 #47 of 87 7 #81 of 87 23 #67 of 87
Overall 49 48 49
  • XPO ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • SAIA ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • SNDR ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodXPOSAIASNDRSPY
1 month +2.7%+0.6%-10.1% -2.0%
3 months -6.0%-5.7%-18.6% -2.2%
6 months -7.9%-16.4%-1.5% +4.2%
Year to date +40.6%+8.2%+11.5% +10.6%
1 year +38.2%+24.1%+38.3% +10.4%
3 years +140.3%-9.0%+33.6% +73.6%
3 years, per year +34.0%-3.1%+10.1% +20.2%
5 years +291.8%+0.5%+13.9% +61.6%
5 years, per year +31.4%+0.1%+2.6% +10.1%
10 years +1,494.0%+900.5%— +261.3%
10 years, per year +31.9%+25.9%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureXPOSAIASNDRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.9%46.8%37.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.3%47.0%37.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.191.310.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.930.511.01 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.4%-60.9%-39.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.3%-27.5%-23.7% -3.2%
52-week high $228.37$487.14$38.76 $779.14
52-week low $125.64$250.48$20.62 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleXPOSAIASNDR
P/E now vs peer median 44.5xmedian 15.1x 33.4xmedian 15.1x 36.6xmedian 15.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.0x 2.7xmedian 1.0x 0.9xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.9xmedian 8.2x 14.8xmedian 8.2x 8.1xmedian 8.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.0xmedian 12.7x 33.8xmedian 12.7x 29.0xmedian 12.7x
P/B now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 1.2x 3.3xmedian 1.2x 1.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.32median 0.68 -5.93median 0.68 -1.55median 0.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsXPOSAIASNDR
Revenue $8.84B $3.54B $5.95B
Operating income $876.00M $378.33M $203.40M
Net income $503.00M $283.09M $141.70M
Free cash flow $657.00M $278.80M $179.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.26 $10.56 $0.81
Cash & equivalents $260.00M $202.52M $326.20M
Total debt $3.12B $100.00M $393.20M
Shares (diluted) 118.00M 26.82M 176.00M
Enterprise value $20.79B $9.34B $4.02B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricXPOSAIASNDR
P/E 44.5x 33.4x 36.6x
P/FCF 34.0x 33.8x 29.0x
P/Operating cash flow 19.8x 15.2x 8.8x
P/S 2.5x 2.7x 0.9x
P/B 11.3x 3.3x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 13.1x 3.3x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA 17.9x 14.8x 8.1x
EV/EBIT 28.8x 24.6x 25.6x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 2.6x 0.9x
EV/FCF 38.4x 33.4x 29.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.3x 15.1x 8.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.32 -5.93 -1.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricXPOSAIASNDR
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.5% 9.3% 6.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.0% 8.3% 1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 32.3% -2.9% 16.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 39.5% -4.9% -20.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 51.5% -0.2% 24.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 138.7% -5.6% -23.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 54.1% -0.3% 24.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 139.3% -5.6% -23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.3% -0.7% -9.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.0% 4.3% -8.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 183.2% 2,140% 57.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 217.0% 33.8% 51.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricXPOSAIASNDR
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 15.9% 17.9% 10.8%
Operating margin 9.9% 10.7% 3.4%
Pretax margin 7.6% 10.6% 3.2%
Net margin 5.7% 8.0% 2.4%
FCF margin 7.4% 7.9% 3.0%
Operating cash flow margin 12.8% 17.5% 9.9%
Return on equity 25.5% 8.5% 4.6%
Return on assets 6.0% 6.2% 2.8%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 10.0% 4.4%
Return on capital employed 13.4% 11.1% 4.7%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.9x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.2x 4.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricXPOSAIASNDR
Debt / assets 37.6% 2.6% 7.9%
Debt / equity 1.6x 0.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x -0.2x 0.1x
Debt / FCF 4.8x 0.4x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 76.3% 26.7% 38.0%
Equity / assets 23.7% 73.3% 62.0%
Interest coverage 4.2x 39.5x 10.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.8x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.7x 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 3.75 7.75 3.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricXPOSAIASNDR
Dividend yield – – 1.3%
Net buyback yield 1.4% 0.0% 0.2%
Shareholder yield 1.4% 0.0% 1.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusXPOSAIASNDR
Forward P/E 32.3xFY2026 33.2xFY2026 26.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.91FY2026 $10.63FY2026 $1.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +58.4%FY2026 +16.7%FY2026 +77.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +6.3% +28.5% +54.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.30BFY2026 $3.87BFY2026 $6.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.9%FY2026 +19.9%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.4% -5.5% -6.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersXPOSAIASNDR
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 75.6%
Institutions holding 753 516 340
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.2% +1.1% -0.9%
Institutions buying 434 293 194
Institutions selling 211 152 102
Buyers to sellers 2.06 1.93 1.90

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

XPOSAIASNDR
XPO 1.00 0.74 0.69
SAIA 0.74 1.00 0.71
SNDR 0.69 0.71 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, XPO, SAIA and SNDR?

Xpo (XPO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Xpo (XPO) $21.89B, Saia (SAIA) $9.68B, Schneider National (SNDR) $5.21B.

Which stock is cheaper, XPO, SAIA and SNDR?

Saia (SAIA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Xpo (XPO) 43.5x, Saia (SAIA) 34.2x, Schneider National (SNDR) 36.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Schneider National (SNDR) is cheapest (Xpo (XPO) 32.3x, Saia (SAIA) 33.2x, Schneider National (SNDR) 26.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Xpo (XPO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Xpo (XPO) +9.5%, Saia (SAIA) +9.3%, Schneider National (SNDR) +6.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Saia (SAIA) has the highest net margin (Xpo (XPO) 5.7%, Saia (SAIA) 8.0%, Schneider National (SNDR) 2.4%). On return on invested capital, Xpo (XPO) leads (Xpo (XPO) 12.7%, Saia (SAIA) 10.0%, Schneider National (SNDR) 4.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Schneider National (SNDR) returned the most: Xpo (XPO) +38.2%, Saia (SAIA) +24.1%, Schneider National (SNDR) +38.3%. Over five years, Xpo (XPO) compounded fastest (Xpo (XPO) +31.4%/yr, Saia (SAIA) +0.1%/yr, Schneider National (SNDR) +2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Schneider National (SNDR) has been the steadiest (Xpo (XPO) 40.9%, Saia (SAIA) 46.8%, Schneider National (SNDR) 37.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, XPO, SAIA and SNDR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Xpo (XPO) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.