Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Saia's Return on Sales history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.14%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.1%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.14% in Q4 2025 per SAIA's latest filing, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.18% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.06% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 4bps in 2021, then fell -6bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then fell by -10bps to 0.11% in 2022, then increased by 22bps to 0.13% in 2023, then surged by 34bps to 0.18% in 2024, then decreased by -19bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SAIA's Return on Sales are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).