Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

Saia posted quarterly Tax Rate of 23.32% for Q1 2026, down 71.0% year-on-year from 80.41% in Q1 2025, and up 2.95% on a QoQ basis from 22.65% in Q4 2025.

Saia (SAIA) has 17 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 23.32% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 71.0% year-over-year to 23.32%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.27% (up 26.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 24.41%, up 47.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 23.32%, up from 22.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 25.3% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 14.11% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 24.02% (2022), against an average of 23.33%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Tax Rate plunged 991 bps; it then jumped 886 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 24.02% in 2022, then slumped by 41 bps to 14.11% in 2023, then jumped by 63 bps to 22.97% in 2024, then dropped by 1 bps to 22.65% in 2025, then increased by 3 bps to 23.32% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 23.32% (Q1 2026), 22.65% (Q4 2025), and 24.83% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 25.00
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 18.55
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 23.32
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 7.04
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 25.00
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 26.53
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 22.26
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 24.92
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 369.83
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 9.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.32
Mar 31, 2026 23.32
Dec 31, 2025 22.65
Dec 31, 2025 22.65
Sep 30, 2025 24.83
Sep 30, 2025 24.83
Jun 30, 2025 25.30
Jun 30, 2025 25.30
Mar 31, 2025 24.03
Mar 31, 2025 24.03
Dec 31, 2024 22.97
Dec 31, 2024 22.97
Sep 30, 2024 24.40
Sep 30, 2024 24.40
Jun 30, 2024 24.41
Jun 30, 2024 24.41
Mar 31, 2024 23.73
Mar 31, 2024 23.73
Dec 31, 2023 14.11
Dec 31, 2023 14.11
Sep 30, 2023 24.59
Sep 30, 2023 24.59
Jun 30, 2023 24.70
Jun 30, 2023 24.70
Mar 31, 2023 23.21
Mar 31, 2023 23.21
Dec 31, 2022 24.02
Dec 31, 2022 24.02
Sep 30, 2022 23.35
Sep 30, 2022 23.35
Jun 30, 2022 24.43
Jun 30, 2022 24.43
Mar 31, 2022 22.53
Mar 31, 2022 22.53
Dec 31, 2021 23.91
Dec 31, 2021 23.91
Sep 30, 2021 24.32
Sep 30, 2021 24.32
Jun 30, 2021 24.29
Jun 30, 2021 24.29
Mar 31, 2021 22.30
Mar 31, 2021 22.30
Dec 31, 2020 19.82
Dec 31, 2020 19.82
Sep 30, 2020 23.69
Sep 30, 2020 23.69
Jun 30, 2020 18.32
Jun 30, 2020 18.32
Mar 31, 2020 23.67
Mar 31, 2020 23.67
Dec 31, 2019 -76.18
Dec 31, 2019 -76.18
Sep 30, 2019 24.23
Sep 30, 2019 24.23
Jun 30, 2019 24.96
Jun 30, 2019 24.96
Mar 31, 2019 19.30
Mar 31, 2019 19.30
Dec 31, 2018 19.93
Dec 31, 2018 19.93
Sep 30, 2018 24.66
Sep 30, 2018 24.66
Jun 30, 2018 24.77
Jun 30, 2018 24.77
Mar 31, 2018 20.15
Mar 31, 2018 20.15
Dec 31, 2017 -23.98
Dec 31, 2017 -23.98
Sep 30, 2017 38.54
Sep 30, 2017 38.54
Jun 30, 2017 37.38
Jun 30, 2017 37.38
Mar 31, 2017 31.01
Mar 31, 2017 31.01
Dec 31, 2016 -42.48
Dec 31, 2016 -42.48
Sep 30, 2016 35.89
Sep 30, 2016 35.89
Jun 30, 2016 35.22
Jun 30, 2016 35.22
Mar 31, 2016 36.40
Mar 31, 2016 36.40
Dec 31, 2015 31.86
Dec 31, 2015 31.86
Sep 30, 2015 37.24
Sep 30, 2015 37.24
Jun 30, 2015 36.31
Jun 30, 2015 36.31
Mar 31, 2015 37.80
Mar 31, 2015 37.80
Dec 31, 2014 30.82
Dec 31, 2014 30.82
Sep 30, 2014 37.56
Sep 30, 2014 37.56
Jun 30, 2014 37.18
Jun 30, 2014 37.18
Mar 31, 2014 38.50
Mar 31, 2014 38.50
Dec 31, 2013 -53.38
Dec 31, 2013 -53.38
Sep 30, 2013 36.29
Sep 30, 2013 36.29
Jun 30, 2013 37.70
Jun 30, 2013 37.70
Mar 31, 2013 29.95
Mar 31, 2013 29.95
Dec 31, 2012 44.31
Dec 31, 2012 44.31
Sep 30, 2012 36.25
Sep 30, 2012 36.25
Jun 30, 2012 37.63
Jun 30, 2012 37.63
Mar 31, 2012 39.70
Mar 31, 2012 39.70
Dec 31, 2011 36.96
Dec 31, 2011 36.96
Sep 30, 2011 33.89
Sep 30, 2011 33.89
Jun 30, 2011 36.88
Jun 30, 2011 36.88
Mar 31, 2011 39.73
Mar 31, 2011 39.73
Dec 31, 2010 245.96
Dec 31, 2010 245.96
Sep 30, 2010 40.21
Sep 30, 2010 40.21
Jun 30, 2010 36.66
Jun 30, 2010 36.66