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How Saia, Inc. stacks up
SAIA · against 333 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
72/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #147 of 334 · scores higher than 55% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score48 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including SAIA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 72?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 65% of peers. Operating margin: 11.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.8% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 7.5% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SAIA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SAIA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 314 reported | 10.8% | 10.4% | 51% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 333 reported | 11.0% | 10.8% | 52% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 321 reported | 7.5% | 4.8% | 69% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 321 reported | 10.8% | 12.6% | 40% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 337 reported | 23.6% | 30.3% | 34% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SAIA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 3 | 11.2B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 139 | 11.2B EUR (≈$12.3B) | 73 | 53 | |
| 139 | 419.4B INR (≈$5.0B) | 73 | 61 | |
| 147 | 6.6B USD | 72 | 58 | |
| 147 | 5.0B USD | 72 | 53 | |
| 147 | 9.4B USD | 72 | 48 | |
| 147 | 102.1B SEK (≈$10.2B) | 72 | 53 | |
| 151 | 2.69T JPY (≈$18.3B) | 71 | 67 | |
| 151 | 4.1B GBP (≈$5.3B) | 71 | 58 | |
| 151 | 8.7B USD | 71 | 59 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score