Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Saia (SAIA) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.12%.

  • Saia's Return on Invested Capital fell 500.0% to 0.12% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.12%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 500.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.17% for FY2024, which is 300.0% down from last year.
  • Per Saia's latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.12% for Q3 2025, which was down 500.0% from 0.13% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Saia's Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.25% during Q2 2022, and its lowest value of 0.12% during Q3 2025.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Invested Capital was 0.18% (2023), whereas its average is 0.19%.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first skyrocketed by 900bps in 2022, then plummeted by -600bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Saia's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.21% in 2021, then increased by 9bps to 0.23% in 2022, then dropped by -21bps to 0.18% in 2023, then fell by -13bps to 0.16% in 2024, then fell by -26bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.12% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.13% in Q2 2025 and 0.14% in Q1 2025.