Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Saia's Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.13% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 9.0% year-over-year to 0.13%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.13%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.13% in Q4 2025 per SAIA's latest filing, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.0% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.05% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -22bps in 2023, then increased 9bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.21% in 2021, then plummeted by -77bps to 0.05% in 2022, then decreased by -17bps to 0.04% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 0.04% in 2024, then soared by 234bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SAIA's Return on Invested Capital are 0.13% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025).