Saia (SAIA) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ODFL or SAIA?

77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Saia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & 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	7.26	$1.19B	$5.48	36.07
Saia	$3.21B	3.76	$362.07M	$13.51	33.63

Do analysts prefer ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line currently has a consensus target price of $203.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Saia has a consensus target price of $535.41, suggesting a potential upside of 17.84%. 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)	16 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
Saia	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line received 59 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.64% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Dominion Freight Line	Outperform Votes 554 53.22%	Underperform Votes 487 46.78%
Saia	Outperform Votes 495 59.64%	Underperform Votes 335 40.36%

Does the media favor ODFL or SAIA?

In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 6 more articles in the media than Saia. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 13 mentions for Saia. Saia's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Old Dominion Freight Line's score of 1.21 indicating that Saia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Old Dominion Freight Line	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Saia	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, ODFL or SAIA?

Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saia has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Old Dominion Freight Line beats Saia on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.