Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Asset Utilization Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Saia posted quarterly Asset Utilization Ratio of 0.92 for Q1 2026, down 6.98% year-on-year from 0.99 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.93 in Q4 2025.

Saia (SAIA) has 16 years of Asset Utilization Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.92 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Asset Utilization Ratio fell 6.98% year-over-year to 0.92; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.92 (down 6.98% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.97, down 12.84% from the prior year.
  • Asset Utilization Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.92, roughly flat from 0.93 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Asset Utilization Ratio topped out at 1.33 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.92 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Asset Utilization Ratio is 1.11 (2024), against an average of 1.12.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Asset Utilization Ratio gained 10.87%; it then slipped 12.57% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Asset Utilization Ratio shows it stood at 1.29 in 2022, then fell by 12.15% to 1.14 in 2023, then fell by 9.66% to 1.03 in 2024, then declined by 9.82% to 0.93 in 2025, then fell by 0.32% to 0.92 in 2026.
  • The last three Asset Utilization Ratio figures came in at 0.92 (Q1 2026), 0.93 (Q4 2025), and 0.93 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Asset Util. (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.98
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.01
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.92
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.63
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 1.16
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 1.75
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 1.65
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 1.00
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.92
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.64

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.92
Dec 31, 2025 0.93
Sep 30, 2025 0.93
Jun 30, 2025 0.95
Mar 31, 2025 0.99
Dec 31, 2024 1.03
Sep 30, 2024 1.05
Jun 30, 2024 1.08
Mar 31, 2024 1.11
Dec 31, 2023 1.14
Sep 30, 2023 1.16
Jun 30, 2023 1.20
Mar 31, 2023 1.26
Dec 31, 2022 1.29
Sep 30, 2022 1.31
Jun 30, 2022 1.33
Mar 31, 2022 1.31
Dec 31, 2021 1.26
Sep 30, 2021 1.25
Jun 30, 2021 1.24
Mar 31, 2021 1.18
Dec 31, 2020 1.17
Mar 31, 2020 1.22
Dec 31, 2019 1.26
Sep 30, 2019 1.26
Jun 30, 2019 1.31
Mar 31, 2019 1.40
Dec 31, 2018 1.49
Sep 30, 2018 1.48
Jun 30, 2018 1.46
Mar 31, 2018 1.49
Dec 31, 2017 1.46
Sep 30, 2017 1.42
Jun 30, 2017 1.40
Mar 31, 2017 1.45
Dec 31, 2016 1.51
Sep 30, 2016 1.47
Jun 30, 2016 1.49
Mar 31, 2016 1.60
Dec 31, 2015 1.65
Sep 30, 2015 1.65
Jun 30, 2015 1.68
Mar 31, 2015 1.80
Dec 31, 2014 1.89
Sep 30, 2014 1.82
Jun 30, 2014 1.81
Mar 31, 2014 1.85
Dec 31, 2013 1.86
Sep 30, 2013 1.86
Jun 30, 2013 1.95
Mar 31, 2013 2.09
Dec 31, 2012 2.07
Sep 30, 2012 2.02
Jun 30, 2012 2.06
Mar 31, 2012 2.13
Dec 31, 2011 2.17
Sep 30, 2011 2.14