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Saia Inc (SAIA) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Saia is a trucking company that moves less-than-truckload freight, shipments too small to fill a trailer on their own, across North America. It also arranges brokered truckload capacity, expedited moves and other logistics services for shippers.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SAIA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 50, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-02
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.6% week · −0.1% month · −8.7% quarter · +0.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-02
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.97 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SAIA has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.97 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Saia Inc moved 0.97% on average · correlation 0.20 · higher than 82% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.76 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.28% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −3.09% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Trucking · US · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Trucking · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against SAIA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Saia Inc

SAIA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Saia is a trucking company that moves less-than-truckload freight, shipments too small to fill a trailer on their own, across North America. It also arranges brokered truckload capacity, expedited moves and other logistics services for shippers. The company runs a network of owned and leased terminals and a fleet of tractors and trailers to consolidate and route these part-loads. It traces back to 1924 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia.
Where it sits in the stack
Saia carries no seat in Rubin, our AI-infrastructure index, or Halo, our other tracked basket; it sits in the Industrials sector, in the trucking sleeve of our wider coverage universe, outside the AI build-out entirely.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for Saia is not defined in our records; the comparison the market most often draws is with Old Dominion Freight Line, another less-than-truckload carrier.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Saia holds no seat in our indices. It carries a Closelooknet score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether less-than-truckload volumes and pricing hold up as freight demand shifts, since terminal and fleet capacity are fixed costs regardless of shipment count.

Saia Inc (SAIA) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 29, quality 38, valuation 40) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Raymond James, 2026-10-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SAIA from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Raymond James — target 410 from 457 Target cut to $410 from $457 (+21% to spot) 2026-10-15

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 9 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What SAIA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 9 m USD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025 17 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 9 m USD · 32% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-03

Quick answers

What is Saia Inc (SAIA)?

Saia Inc trades as SAIA on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-03.

Is SAIA in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Saia Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-03.

What is Saia Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 29, quality 38 and valuation 40 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-03. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SAIA trade against its moving averages?

Saia Inc trades 3.8% above its 50-day and 8.6% below its 200-day moving average (5.1% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-02 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Saia Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Trucking · US), Saia Inc (SAIA) sits 28.3% below its 52-week high, 3.8% above its 50-day average; Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (ODFL) is 31.5% below, RXO Inc. (RXO) is 7.0% below, ArcBest Corp (ARCB) is 25.8% below, as of 2026-11-02. Put any of them next to SAIA in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Saia Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Saia Inc had a beta of 0.97 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 82% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.28% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-02; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Saia Inc do?

Saia is a trucking company that moves less-than-truckload freight, shipments too small to fill a trailer on their own, across North America. It also arranges brokered truckload capacity, expedited moves and other logistics services for shippers. The company runs a network of owned and leased terminals and a fleet of tractors and trailers to consolidate and route these part-loads. Closelooknet's peer group for Saia is not defined in our records; the comparison the market most often draws is with Old Dominion Freight Line, another less-than-truckload carrier. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Saia Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Saia carries no seat in Rubin, our AI-infrastructure index, or Halo, our other tracked basket; it sits in the Industrials sector, in the trucking sleeve of our wider coverage universe, outside the AI build-out entirely. Saia holds no seat in our indices. It carries a Closelooknet score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Saia Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Saia Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 9 m USD of its own shares, 32% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.1% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-02; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Saia Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Saia Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Raymond James on 2026-10-15 (target 410 from 457). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SAIA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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