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

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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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.4% week · −1.8% month · −4.6% quarter · +7.0% 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 → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.73 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 0.73 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Saia Inc moved 0.73% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 72% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.40 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 · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Trucking

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 45/100 composite (momentum 18, quality 39, valuation 31) 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.

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 2026-10-07

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 2026-10-07.

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 2026-10-07.

What is Saia Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 18, quality 39 and valuation 31 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SAIA trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -3.4% vs the 50-day and -12.1% vs the 200-day average, 30.9% below the 52-week high and +37% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 20 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — 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), Saia Inc (SAIA) sits 30.9% below its 52-week high, 3.4% below its 50-day average; Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (ODFL) is 28.8% below, XPO Logistics Inc (XPO) is 20.9% below, Knight Transportation Inc (KNX) is 22.0% below. 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 0.73 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 72% 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. 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.

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.

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. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

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.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Trucking, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.