With 0.27 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.37 million shares. During the session, the Trucking company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $455.82 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $447.405. The 52-week range on SAIA shows that it touched its highest point at $628.34 and its lowest point at $358.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $536.56. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.79.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SAIA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.65%, but this was down by -13.12% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.61% while six-month performance rose 1.76%. The stock gained 4.04% in the past year, while it has lost -1.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SAIA yields 14.00 with Next year EPS estimates of 15.77. For the next quarter, that number is 2.79. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.64% for this year and 17.04% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 27.13%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 26.60 million SAIA shares are outstanding with a float of 26.53 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 1.66 million, which was 623.9999999999999 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. Frederick J. Holzgrefe III as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Patrick D. Sugar serves as its Executive Vice President of Operations.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.1368699 of SAIA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, SAIA reported revenue of $842103000.0 and operating income of $125171000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $180332000.0 and diluted EPS was $3.46.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SAIA since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 10 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SAIA analysts setting a high price target of 620.0 and a low target of 270.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 517.306. Based on these targets, SAIA could surge 38.32% to reach the target high and fall by -39.76% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.41% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $13.66531 being high and $13.42539 being low. For SAIA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $13.50536.
