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

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Company snapshot — Saia Inc

SAIA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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
Closelook'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 Closelook tracks it
Saia holds no seat in our indices. It carries a Closelook 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.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

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

Peer group

Trucking

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Saia Inc (SAIA)?

Saia Inc trades as SAIA on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is SAIA in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Saia Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

Where does SAIA trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.2% vs the 50-day and -10.4% vs the 200-day average, 29.6% below the 52-week high and +39.7% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 10 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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. Closelook'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.

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 Closelook 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 does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Trucking, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.