Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) has a beta value of 2.02 and has seen 1.67 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $7.80B, closed the last trade at $292.91 per share which meant it gained $32.29 on the day or 12.39% during that session. The SAIA stock price is -113.22% off its 52-week high price of $624.55 and 21.78% above the 52-week low of $229.12.
The consensus among analysts is that Saia Inc (SAIA) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.10. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 16 have rated it as a Hold, with 10 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) trade information
Sporting 12.39% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the SAIA stock price touched $292.91 or saw a rise of 4.09%. Year-to-date, Saia Inc shares have moved -35.73%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 13.03%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) have changed -16.66%.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $281, which means that the shares’ value could drop -4.24% from current levels. The projected low price target is $250.0 while the price target rests at a high of $310.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -5.83% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 14.65% from current levels.
Saia Inc (SAIA) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -48.43% over the past 6 months.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 25.72% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -30.14% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 4.21%.
SAIA Dividends
Saia Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in June this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA)’s Major holders
The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.1 million shares worth more than $1.47 billion. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 11.6081% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/, with the holding of over 2.61 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.24 billion and represent 9.7946% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc. and SMALLCAP WORLD FUND INC . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.57% shares in the company for having 950.88 shares of worth $278.52 million while later fund manager owns 942.03 shares of worth $275.93 million as of Mar 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 3.54% of company’s outstanding stock.
