Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Saia posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.03 for Q1 2026, down 63.97% year-on-year from 0.09 in Q1 2025, and down 32.8% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q4 2025.

Saia (SAIA) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.03 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 63.97% year-over-year to 0.03; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.03 (down 63.97% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.05, down 25.55% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.03, down from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.09 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.01 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.03 (2024), against an average of 0.04.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Debt Ratio soared 891.04%; it then tumbled 63.97% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.01 in 2022, then slumped by 55.24% to 0.01 in 2023, then jumped by 891.04% to 0.06 in 2024, then dropped by 25.55% to 0.05 in 2025, then sank by 32.8% to 0.03 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.03 (Q1 2026), 0.05 (Q4 2025), and 0.06 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.01
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 0.40
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.03
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.10
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.08
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 0.14
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.09
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.27
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.13

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.03
Dec 31, 2025 0.05
Sep 30, 2025 0.06
Jun 30, 2025 0.09
Mar 31, 2025 0.09
Dec 31, 2024 0.06
Sep 30, 2024 0.06
Jun 30, 2024 0.06
Mar 31, 2024 0.03
Dec 31, 2023 0.01
Sep 30, 2023 0.01
Jun 30, 2023 0.01
Mar 31, 2023 0.01
Dec 31, 2022 0.01
Sep 30, 2022 0.02
Jun 30, 2022 0.02
Mar 31, 2022 0.02
Dec 31, 2021 0.03
Sep 30, 2021 0.03
Jun 30, 2021 0.04
Mar 31, 2021 0.04
Dec 31, 2020 0.05
Sep 30, 2020 0.08
Mar 31, 2020 0.15
Dec 31, 2019 0.10
Sep 30, 2019 0.12
Jun 30, 2019 0.13
Mar 31, 2019 0.12
Dec 31, 2018 0.11
Sep 30, 2018 0.11
Jun 30, 2018 0.14
Mar 31, 2018 0.14
Dec 31, 2017 0.14
Sep 30, 2017 0.13
Jun 30, 2017 0.16
Mar 31, 2017 0.17
Dec 31, 2016 0.09
Sep 30, 2016 0.12
Jun 30, 2016 0.17
Mar 31, 2016 0.15
Dec 31, 2015 0.09
Sep 30, 2015 0.11
Jun 30, 2015 0.14
Mar 31, 2015 0.15
Dec 31, 2014 0.12
Sep 30, 2014 0.11
Jun 30, 2014 0.14
Mar 31, 2014 0.12
Dec 31, 2013 0.12
Sep 30, 2013 0.15
Jun 30, 2013 0.16
Mar 31, 2013 0.11
Dec 31, 2012 0.12
Sep 30, 2012 0.15
Jun 30, 2012 0.17
Mar 31, 2012 0.17
Dec 31, 2011 0.15
Sep 30, 2011 0.17
Jun 30, 2011 0.18
Dec 31, 2010 0.20