Saia (SAIA) Competitors

Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Is ODFL or SAIA more profitable?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 21.03% compared to Saia's net margin of 11.83%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 29.40% beat Saia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old Dominion Freight Line	21.03%	29.40%	22.72%
Saia	11.83%	18.00%	13.18%

Which has more volatility and risk, ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Saia has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than Saia. Old Dominion Freight Line is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Old Dominion Freight Line	$5.87B	7.24	$1.24B	$5.72	34.79
Saia	$3.17B	4.47	$354.86M	$14.00	38.06

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line received 66 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.68% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Dominion Freight Line	Outperform Votes 553 53.74%	Underperform Votes 476 46.26%
Saia	Outperform Votes 487 59.68%	Underperform Votes 329 40.32%

Do analysts rate ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line presently has a consensus target price of $204.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.52%. Saia has a consensus target price of $514.88, suggesting a potential downside of 3.37%. Given Old Dominion Freight Line's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Old Dominion Freight Line is more favorable than Saia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old Dominion Freight Line	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Saia	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ODFL or SAIA?

77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ODFL or SAIA?

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 7 more articles in the media than Saia. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 10 mentions for Saia. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Saia's score of 1.01 indicating that Old Dominion Freight Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Old Dominion Freight Line	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Saia	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats Saia on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.