Saia (SAIA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line received 57 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.81% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 53.25% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Dominion Freight Line	Outperform Votes 557 53.25%	Underperform Votes 489 46.75%
Saia	Outperform Votes 500 59.81%	Underperform Votes 336 40.19%

Does the media refer more to ODFL or SAIA?

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 14 more articles in the media than Saia. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 11 mentions for Saia. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Saia's score of 0.93 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	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Saia	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saia has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus price target of $202.65, indicating a potential upside of 19.17%. Saia has a consensus price target of $526.39, indicating a potential upside of 37.98%. Given Saia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Saia is more favorable than Old Dominion Freight Line.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old Dominion Freight Line	1 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Saia	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68

Is ODFL or SAIA more profitable?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 20.40% compared to Saia's net margin of 11.28%. Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity of 28.02% beat Saia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old Dominion Freight Line	20.40%	28.02%	21.65%
Saia	11.28%	16.63%	12.10%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line has higher revenue and earnings than Saia. Saia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, 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	$5.81B	6.22	$1.19B	$5.48	31.03
Saia	$3.21B	3.17	$362.07M	$13.51	28.24

Summary

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