Financial Ratios Saia, Inc.

Equities

SAIA

US78709Y1055

Ground Freight & Logistics

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May. 04	U.S. research roundup - Alphabet, Colgate-Palmolive, Welltower	RE
May. 01	Morgan Stanley Lifts Price Target on Saia to $265 From $250, Keeps Underweight Rating	MT

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Published financial data: SAIA, INC.

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Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenues	2.29B	2.79B	2.88B	3.21B	3.23B
Total Revenues	2.29B	2.79B	2.88B	3.21B	3.23B
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	1.7B	2.04B	2.1B	2.35B	2.47B
Gross Profit	593M	748M	778M	855M	765M
Depreciation & Amortization - (IS)	142M	157M	179M	210M	249M
Other Operating Expenses	120M	120M	138M	158M	177M
Other Operating Expenses, Total	262M	278M	316M	368M	425M
Operating Income	331M	471M	461M	487M	340M
Interest Expense, Total	-3.21M	-2.61M	-2.54M	-8.93M	-16.44M
Interest And Investment Income	-	-	6.21M	1.05M	151K
Net Interest Expenses	-3.21M	-2.61M	3.67M	-7.88M	-16.29M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	844K	171K	2.06M	1.73M	1.48M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	329M	468M	467M	480M	325M
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Assets	3.89M	-50K	-910K	-4.48M	12.46M
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	333M	468M	466M	476M	337M
Income Tax Expense	79.54M	111M	111M	114M	82.35M
Earnings From Continuing Operations	253M	357M	355M	362M	255M
Net Income to Company	253M	357M	355M	362M	255M
Net Income - (IS)	253M	357M	355M	362M	255M
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	253M	357M	355M	362M	255M
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	253M	357M	355M	362M	255M
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	9.62	13.48	13.32	13.57	9.54
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	9.62	13.48	13.32	13.57	9.54
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	26.32M	26.52M	26.63M	26.69M	26.74M
Net EPS - Diluted	9.48	13.4	13.26	13.51	9.52
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	9.48	13.4	13.26	13.51	9.52
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	26.71M	26.67M	26.76M	26.8M	26.79M
Normalized Basic EPS	7.81	11.03	10.96	11.25	7.6
Normalized Diluted EPS	7.7	10.97	10.91	11.2	7.58
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	473M	628M	640M	697M	588M
EBITA	332M	472M	462M	488M	341M
EBIT	331M	471M	461M	487M	340M
EBITDAR	510M	678M	691M	751M	645M
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	23.9	23.64	23.89	23.94	24.41
Current Domestic Taxes	75.22M	88.99M	101M	50.72M	17.04M
Total Current Taxes	75.22M	88.99M	101M	50.72M	17.04M
Deferred Domestic Taxes	4.32M	21.63M	10.07M	63.22M	65.31M
Total Deferred Taxes	4.32M	21.63M	10.07M	63.22M	65.31M
Normalized Net Income	206M	293M	292M	300M	203M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	2.17M	1.48M	883K	426K	117K
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Advertising Expense	5.7M	7.2M	2.9M	5M	2.7M
Net Rental Expense, Total	37.18M	50.31M	50.82M	54.09M	56.25M
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	5.51M	6.67M	7.03M	16.69M	23.51M
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	31.67M	43.63M	43.79M	37.41M	32.74M
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	3.3M	3.9M	5.7M	7.5M	10.2M
Stock-Based Comp., Other (Total)	5.4M	4.93M	5.94M	6.74M	7.2M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	8.7M	8.83M	11.64M	14.24M	17.4M

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	107M	187M	296M	19.47M	19.72M
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	107M	187M	296M	19.47M	19.72M
Accounts Receivable, Total	277M	290M	312M	323M	332M
Other Receivables	-	23.44M	1M	44.11M	32.55M
Total Receivables	277M	314M	313M	367M	365M
Prepaid Expenses	20.33M	22.52M	32.65M	35.5M	35.81M
Other Current Assets, Total	12.58M	7.23M	7.08M	13.7M	14.27M
Total Current Assets	416M	531M	649M	436M	435M
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	2.25B	2.6B	3B	3.92B	4.41B
Accumulated Depreciation	-864M	-996M	-1.12B	-1.23B	-1.42B
Net Property Plant And Equipment	1.39B	1.6B	1.88B	2.68B	2.99B
Goodwill	12.1M	12.1M	12.1M	12.1M	12.1M
Other Intangibles, Total	7.05M	6.04M	5.19M	4.34M	3.48M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	21.6M	22.6M	35.53M	30.88M	37.88M
Total Assets	1.85B	2.17B	2.58B	3.17B	3.48B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	114M	99.79M	142M	115M	107M
Accrued Expenses, Total	128M	112M	117M	93.08M	96.74M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-
Current Portion of Leases	40.96M	39.44M	35.93M	32.68M	28.88M
Other Current Liabilities	38.55M	22.68M	27.09M	38.04M	32.34M
Total Current Liabilities	321M	274M	322M	278M	265M
Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	194M	163M
Long-Term Leases	119M	115M	103M	97.78M	113M
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	124M	146M	156M	219M	284M
Other Non Current Liabilities	60.02M	60.44M	61.4M	66.38M	79.11M
Total Liabilities	625M	595M	642M	856M	905M
Common Stock, Total	26K	26K	27K	27K	27K
Additional Paid In Capital	275M	277M	285M	295M	308M
Retained Earnings	950M	1.31B	1.66B	2.02B	2.28B
Comprehensive Income and Other	-4.1M	-5.25M	-5.68M	-7.98M	-9.09M
Total Common Equity	1.22B	1.58B	1.94B	2.31B	2.58B
Total Equity	1.22B	1.58B	1.94B	2.31B	2.58B
Total Liabilities And Equity	1.85B	2.17B	2.58B	3.17B	3.48B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	26.31M	26.46M	26.52M	26.56M	26.6M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	26.24M	26.39M	26.48M	26.53M	26.58M
Book Value / Share	46.5	59.84	73.32	87.12	97
Tangible Book Value	1.2B	1.56B	1.92B	2.29B	2.56B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	45.77	59.15	72.67	86.5	96.41
Total Debt	160M	155M	139M	324M	305M
Net Debt	53.79M	-32.88M	-158M	305M	285M
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	297M	402M	407M	433M	450M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	6	6	6	6	6
Land - (BS)	159M	191M	273M	351M	360M
Buildings, Total	522M	638M	813M	1.24B	1.4B
Machinery, Total	1.22B	1.53B	1.65B	2.04B	2.31B
Full Time Employees	11.6K	12.3K	14K	15.3K	13.73K
Part Time Employees	-	-	-	-	766
Assets under Capital Lease - Gross	138M	-	-	-	-
Assets under Capital Lease - Accumulated Depreciation	-49.4M	-	-	-	-
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	5.53M	5.8M	4.43M	4.22M	5.09M

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Net Income	253M	357M	355M	362M	255M
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	140M	156M	178M	209M	248M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	1.2M	1M	900K	900K	900K
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	142M	157M	179M	210M	249M
(Gain) Loss From Sale Of Asset	-3.89M	50K	910K	4.48M	-12.46M
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	8.7M	8.83M	11.64M	14.24M	17.4M
Provision and Write-off of Bad Debts	3.56M	3.07M	1.96M	3.41M	7.78M
Other Operating Activities, Total	4.32M	21.63M	10.07M	63.22M	65.31M
Change In Accounts Receivable	-63.42M	-16.62M	-23.39M	-14.66M	-16.99M
Change In Accounts Payable	16.73M	-9.52M	10.75M	-816K	6.69M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	21.66M	-49.04M	32.31M	-58.34M	23.64M
Cash from Operations	383M	473M	578M	584M	595M
Capital Expenditure	-286M	-367M	-440M	-1.04B	-568M
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	8.4M	1.92M	2.73M	2.69M	23.51M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-500K	-	-	-	-
Other Investing Activities, Total	-	-	-11.54M	5M	-8.39M
Cash from Investing	-278M	-366M	-449M	-1.04B	-553M
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	43.18M	1M	-	1.25B	992M
Total Debt Issued	43.18M	1M	-	1.25B	992M
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-63.75M	-20.47M	-14.52M	-1.07B	-1.03B
Total Debt Repaid	-63.75M	-20.47M	-14.52M	-1.07B	-1.03B
Issuance of Common Stock	3.68M	4.51M	4.88M	2.57M	2.78M
Repurchase of Common Stock	-6.57M	-11.75M	-9.22M	-9.11M	-8.67M
Other Financing Activities, Total	-	-	-1.56M	-1.85M	-
Cash from Financing	-23.46M	-26.71M	-20.42M	175M	-42.2M
Net Change in Cash	81.28M	80.8M	109M	-277M	247K
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	3M	2.3M	1.6M	7.7M	15.8M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	81.6M	115M	72.8M	101M	6.1M
Levered Free Cash Flow	51.83M	11.48M	79.9M	-625M	-107M
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	53.84M	13.11M	81.48M	-619M	-97.04M
Change In Net Working Capital	17.85M	79.58M	-42.5M	104M	7.71M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-20.57M	-19.47M	-14.52M	184M	-36.31M

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Profitability
Return on Assets	12.2	14.63	12.12	10.58	6.39
Return on Total Capital	16.38	18.88	15.12	12.9	7.7
Return On Equity %	23.22	25.53	20.16	17.03	10.43
Return on Common Equity	23.22	25.53	20.16	17.03	10.43
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	25.93	26.8	26.99	26.63	23.66
EBITDA Margin %	20.66	22.48	22.22	21.71	18.19
EBITA Margin %	14.53	16.89	16.04	15.19	10.53
EBIT Margin %	14.47	16.85	16.01	15.16	10.5
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	11.06	12.8	12.32	11.28	7.89
Net Income Margin %	11.06	12.8	12.32	11.28	7.89
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	11.06	12.8	12.32	11.28	7.89
Normalized Net Income Margin	8.98	10.48	10.13	9.36	6.28
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	2.26	0.41	2.77	-19.47	-3.32
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	2.35	0.47	2.83	-19.3	-3
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	1.35	1.39	1.21	1.12	0.97
Fixed Assets Turnover	1.74	1.87	1.65	1.41	1.14
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	9.27	9.85	9.57	10.11	9.87
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	1.3	1.94	2.01	1.57	1.64
Quick Ratio	1.19	1.83	1.89	1.39	1.45
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	1.19	1.73	1.79	2.1	2.24
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	39.36	37.07	38.13	36.2	36.97
Average Days Payable Outstanding	21.89	19.09	20.97	19.93	16.41
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	13.14	9.78	7.14	14.04	11.83
Total Debt / Total Capital	11.62	8.91	6.67	12.31	10.58
LT Debt/Equity	9.79	7.29	5.29	12.62	10.71
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	8.65	6.64	4.94	11.07	9.58
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	33.87	27.38	24.85	27.02	25.99
EBIT / Interest Expense	103.13	180.21	182.01	54.49	20.66
EBITDA / Interest Expense	158.82	259.69	272.61	84.08	39.2
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	69.86	118.97	99.09	-32.78	4.68
Total Debt / EBITDA	0.31	0.23	0.2	0.43	0.47
Net Debt / EBITDA	0.11	-0.05	-0.23	0.41	0.44
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.71	0.5	0.55	-1.11	3.96
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.24	-0.11	-0.63	-1.04	3.71
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	25.59	21.99	3.2	11.37	0.79
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	41.79	26.08	3.96	9.87	-10.45
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	51.37	32.73	1.99	8.82	-15.56
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	85.73	41.84	-1.96	5.46	-30.13
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	86.31	42.05	-1.94	5.47	-30.19
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	83.05	41.14	-0.72	2.03	-29.56
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	83.05	41.14	-0.72	2.03	-29.56
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	89.28	42.33	-0.21	2.86	-32.37
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	82.31	41.35	-1.04	1.89	-29.53
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	27.6	4.9	7.38	3.61	2.85
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	11.08	15.48	17.4	42.6	11.58
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	19.14	17.85	18.8	22.58	9.97
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	27.65	29.97	23.25	19.26	11.65
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	26.95	29.42	22.93	19.05	11.53
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	23.76	23.64	22.18	1	1.93
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	23.62	28.59	19.72	137.24	-45.61
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	40.79	-77.85	595.96	-882.13	-82.83
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	34.43	-75.64	521.42	-860.07	-84.33
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	13.18	23.78	12.2	7.21	5.95
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	26.85	33.71	14.49	6.87	-0.81
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	32.03	41.74	16.35	5.35	-4.14
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	47.22	62.31	17.92	1.68	-14.16
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	47.53	62.68	18.02	1.7	-14.19
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	49.23	60.74	18.38	0.65	-15.22
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	49.23	60.74	18.38	0.65	-15.22
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	49.96	64.14	19.18	1.31	-16.6
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	48.48	60.53	18.27	0.41	-15.27
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	18.79	15.69	6.13	5.48	3.23
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.56	13.26	16.43	29.39	26.14
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.17	18.5	18.33	20.67	16.1
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	23.02	28.81	26.57	21.24	15.39
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	22.35	28.18	26.13	20.97	15.23
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	18.41	23.7	22.91	11.08	1.46
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-0.33	26.08	24.07	68.53	13.6
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-19.89	-44.16	24.16	637.79	15.89
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-16.15	-42.78	23.02	587.26	9.13
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	11.44	16.04	16.5	11.93	5.02
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	21.33	26.59	22.95	12.93	0.75
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	24.73	32.26	27.02	13.79	-2.14
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	32.49	45.41	37.2	13.61	-10.27
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	32.76	45.68	37.42	13.68	-10.29
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	34.11	46.48	36.89	12.66	-10.64
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	34.11	46.48	36.89	12.66	-10.64
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	34.16	47.37	39.05	13.47	-11.46
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	33.44	46.06	36.62	12.53	-10.77
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	15.08	13.97	12.85	5.28	4.6
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	15.84	11.5	14.62	24.57	23.16
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	17.63	15.38	18.6	19.73	17
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	21.29	25.29	26.93	24.08	17.95
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	20.59	24.66	26.4	23.72	17.74
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	14.27	20.13	23.19	15.12	7.95
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	8.51	8.5	23.92	54	15.6
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	116.91	-47.81	29.47	129.3	110.65
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	216.85	-44.47	26.71	125.74	94.87
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	12.85	14.73	11.74	12.43	12.16
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	20.28	23.34	18.55	18.3	12.83
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	24.82	28.15	21.31	20.76	13.49
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	32.45	37.5	26.46	26.02	13.73
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	32.91	37.85	26.66	26.17	13.83
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	39.45	31.43	27.58	26.06	13.01
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	39.45	31.43	27.58	26.06	13.01
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	34.17	39.2	27.95	26.86	13.34
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	38.35	30.87	27.15	25.73	12.86
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	15.42	11.26	11.41	10.49	8.9
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	18.1	16.85	16.08	18.34	19.1
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	18.18	17.59	17.91	17.47	17.59
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	21.29	22.83	23.37	23.66	22.18
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	20.36	22.08	22.78	23.17	21.81
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	21.18	24.55	17.65	16.42	13.99
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	19.08	14.5	14.48	29.4	19.68
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	95.95	-24.73	73.52	50.57	23.86
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	63.98	-21.63	117.02	51.9	19.36