Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Equity Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Saia posted quarterly Equity Ratio of 0.74 for Q1 2026, up 5.07% year-on-year from 0.7 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.74 in Q4 2025.

Saia (SAIA) has 17 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.74 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Equity Ratio rose 5.07% year-over-year to 0.74; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.74 (up 5.07% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.74, up 1.41% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.74, roughly flat from 0.74 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Equity Ratio topped out at 0.75 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.67 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.73 (2022), against an average of 0.72.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Equity Ratio increased 10.14%; it then decreased 4.39% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.73 in 2022, then grew by 3.48% to 0.75 in 2023, then retreated by 2.88% to 0.73 in 2024, then grew by 1.41% to 0.74 in 2025, then fell by 0.43% to 0.74 in 2026.
  • The last three Equity Ratio figures came in at 0.74 (Q1 2026), 0.74 (Q4 2025), and 0.72 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.78
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 0.23
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.74
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.59
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.61
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 0.46
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.52
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.42
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.81
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.63

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.74
Dec 31, 2025 0.74
Sep 30, 2025 0.72
Jun 30, 2025 0.70
Mar 31, 2025 0.70
Dec 31, 2024 0.73
Sep 30, 2024 0.72
Jun 30, 2024 0.72
Mar 31, 2024 0.73
Dec 31, 2023 0.75
Sep 30, 2023 0.74
Jun 30, 2023 0.75
Mar 31, 2023 0.74
Dec 31, 2022 0.73
Sep 30, 2022 0.70
Jun 30, 2022 0.69
Mar 31, 2022 0.67
Dec 31, 2021 0.66
Sep 30, 2021 0.64
Jun 30, 2021 0.65
Mar 31, 2021 0.62
Dec 31, 2020 0.62
Sep 30, 2020 0.59
Mar 31, 2020 0.53
Dec 31, 2019 0.58
Sep 30, 2019 0.56
Jun 30, 2019 0.56
Mar 31, 2019 0.58
Dec 31, 2018 0.61
Sep 30, 2018 0.62
Jun 30, 2018 0.59
Mar 31, 2018 0.60
Dec 31, 2017 0.60
Sep 30, 2017 0.56
Jun 30, 2017 0.55
Mar 31, 2017 0.53
Dec 31, 2016 0.60
Sep 30, 2016 0.58
Jun 30, 2016 0.55
Mar 31, 2016 0.55
Dec 31, 2015 0.59
Sep 30, 2015 0.55
Jun 30, 2015 0.53
Mar 31, 2015 0.51
Dec 31, 2014 0.55
Sep 30, 2014 0.51
Jun 30, 2014 0.48
Mar 31, 2014 0.49
Dec 31, 2013 0.49
Sep 30, 2013 0.49
Jun 30, 2013 0.47
Mar 31, 2013 0.49
Dec 31, 2012 0.49
Sep 30, 2012 0.46
Jun 30, 2012 0.45
Mar 31, 2012 0.44
Dec 31, 2011 0.46
Sep 30, 2011 0.46
Jun 30, 2011 0.46
Dec 31, 2010 0.46