Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026)

Saia posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and down 2.68% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Saia (SAIA) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.0%, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.0% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2025), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital reached 0 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 0 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then surged by 291 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then decreased by 15 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then plunged by 35 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then retreated by 3 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 0.00%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 0.00%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 0.00%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 0.00%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.00%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 0.00%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 0.00%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.00%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.00%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 0.00%
Jun 30, 2020 0.00%
Mar 31, 2020 0.00%
Dec 31, 2019 0.00%
Sep 30, 2019 0.00%
Jun 30, 2019 0.00%
Mar 31, 2019 0.00%
Dec 31, 2018 0.00%
Sep 30, 2018 0.00%
Jun 30, 2018 0.00%
Mar 31, 2018 0.00%
Dec 31, 2017 0.00%
Sep 30, 2017 0.00%
Jun 30, 2017 0.00%
Mar 31, 2017 0.00%
Dec 31, 2016 0.00%
Sep 30, 2016 0.00%
Jun 30, 2016 0.00%
Mar 31, 2016 0.00%
Dec 31, 2015 0.00%
Sep 30, 2015 0.00%
Jun 30, 2015 0.00%
Mar 31, 2015 0.00%
Dec 31, 2014 0.00%
Sep 30, 2014 0.00%
Jun 30, 2014 0.00%
Mar 31, 2014 0.00%
Dec 31, 2013 0.00%
Sep 30, 2013 0.00%
Jun 30, 2013 0.00%
Mar 31, 2013 0.00%
Dec 31, 2012 0.00%
Sep 30, 2012 0.00%
Jun 30, 2012 0.00%
Mar 31, 2012 0.00%
Dec 31, 2011 0.00%
Sep 30, 2011 0.00%