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Saia Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) kicked off on Friday, up 11.39% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $414.43. Over the past 52 weeks, SAIA has traded in a range of $341.26-$628.34.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Industrials sector was 12.16%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 3.13%. With a float of $26.52 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $26.59 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 14000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.4%, operating margin of 15.59%, and the pretax margin is 15.54%.

Saia Inc. (SAIA) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Trucking Industry. The insider ownership of Saia Inc. is 0.27%, while institutional ownership is 110.50%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 09 ’24, was worth 334,311. In this transaction Exec. VP & Chief Customer Off. of this company sold 820 shares at a rate of $407.70, taking the stock ownership to the 3,253 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 09 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 820 for $407.70, making the entire transaction worth $334,311.

Saia Inc. (SAIA) Recent Fiscal highlights

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 3.33 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 3.2) by 0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.31 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.13% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.52% during the next five years compared to 27.13% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Saia Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Saia Inc.’s (SAIA) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.26. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.87.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 14.00, a number that is poised to hit 2.98 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 16.04 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Saia Inc. (SAIA)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.39 million, its volume of 0.66 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 29.34%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 18.53.

During the past 100 days, Saia Inc.’s (SAIA) raw stochastic average was set at 67.66%, which indicates a significant decrease from 81.91% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 60.30% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 54.66% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $422.76, while its 200-day Moving Average is $468.65. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $480.35 in the near term. At $499.05, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $528.76. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $431.94, it is likely to go to the next support level at $402.23. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $383.53.

Saia Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 12.28 billion has total of 26,588K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,881 M in contrast with the sum of 354,860 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 842,100 K and last quarter income was 92,750 K.