Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2026)

Saia posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.04 for Q1 2026, down 65.71% year-on-year from $0.13 in Q1 2025, and down 32.51% on a QoQ basis from $0.06 in Q4 2025.

Saia (SAIA) has 17 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.04 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity fell 65.71% year-over-year to $0.04; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.04 (down 65.71% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.06, down 26.59% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.04, down from $0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.13 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $0.01 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.04 (2024), against an average of $0.05.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Debt to Equity jumped 920.43%; it then sank 65.71% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.02 in 2022, then plunged by 56.75% to $0.01 in 2023, then surged by 920.43% to $0.09 in 2024, then slipped by 26.59% to $0.06 in 2025, then slumped by 32.51% to $0.04 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.04 (Q1 2026), $0.06 (Q4 2025), and $0.09 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (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 1.77
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.04
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.16
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.13
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 0.30
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.17
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.65
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn -
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.20

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.04
Dec 31, 2025 0.06
Sep 30, 2025 0.09
Jun 30, 2025 0.13
Mar 31, 2025 0.13
Dec 31, 2024 0.09
Sep 30, 2024 0.09
Jun 30, 2024 0.08
Mar 31, 2024 0.04
Dec 31, 2023 0.01
Sep 30, 2023 0.01
Jun 30, 2023 0.01
Mar 31, 2023 0.02
Dec 31, 2022 0.02
Sep 30, 2022 0.02
Jun 30, 2022 0.03
Mar 31, 2022 0.03
Dec 31, 2021 0.04
Sep 30, 2021 0.05
Jun 30, 2021 0.06
Mar 31, 2021 0.07
Dec 31, 2020 0.07
Sep 30, 2020 0.13
Mar 31, 2020 0.28
Dec 31, 2019 0.17
Sep 30, 2019 0.21
Jun 30, 2019 0.24
Mar 31, 2019 0.21
Dec 31, 2018 0.18
Sep 30, 2018 0.18
Jun 30, 2018 0.24
Mar 31, 2018 0.23
Dec 31, 2017 0.23
Sep 30, 2017 0.24
Jun 30, 2017 0.29
Mar 31, 2017 0.32
Dec 31, 2016 0.15
Sep 30, 2016 0.20
Jun 30, 2016 0.31
Mar 31, 2016 0.27
Dec 31, 2015 0.16
Sep 30, 2015 0.20
Jun 30, 2015 0.27
Mar 31, 2015 0.28
Dec 31, 2014 0.23
Sep 30, 2014 0.21
Jun 30, 2014 0.29
Mar 31, 2014 0.25
Dec 31, 2013 0.25
Sep 30, 2013 0.31
Jun 30, 2013 0.35
Mar 31, 2013 0.22
Dec 31, 2012 0.24
Sep 30, 2012 0.33
Jun 30, 2012 0.38
Mar 31, 2012 0.38
Dec 31, 2011 0.33
Sep 30, 2011 0.38
Jun 30, 2011 0.39
Dec 31, 2010 0.44