For the quarter ended September 2025, Saia (SAIA) reported revenue of $839.64 million, down 0.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.81, compared to $3.46 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $833.38 million, representing a surprise of +0.75%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +10.63%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.54.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Saia performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Operating Ratio: 85.9% versus 88.7% estimated by four analysts on average.
- LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) Shipments: 2,333 versus 2,320 estimated by two analysts on average.
- LTL pounds/shipment: 1,355 versus 1,363 estimated by two analysts on average.
- LTL revenue/cwt., excluding fuel surcharge: $21.72 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $21.86.
- LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) Tonnage: 1,581.00 KTon versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,580.35 KTon.
- LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) Revenue Per Hundredweight(CWT): $25.76 compared to the $25.75 average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Saia have returned -5.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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