Ratings Saia, Inc.

Equities

SAIA

US78709Y1055

Real-time Estimate Cboe BZX Other stock markets 12:24:16 2024-04-26 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
427.2 ^USD	-21.33%		-17.08%	-2.08%

05:28pm	Saia Shares Slip as Q1 Earnings, Operating Revenue Miss Estimates	MT
03:43pm	Saia CFO Douglas Col to Retire	MT

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.
The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

With an expected P/E ratio at 33.26 and 27.22 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
With an enterprise value anticipated at 4.38 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.

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