Saia Inc. shares rose by 5.60% as the stock crossed above its 5-day SMA, reflecting positive market conditions.
The company announced that its logistics arm LinkEx will be rebranded as 'Saia Logistics' this week, aiming to consolidate freight and logistics services under a single brand to simplify customer experience and enhance service coherence. Executive Vice President Ray Ramu emphasized that this brand unification supports the company's long-term growth strategy while maintaining high levels of customer service. Customers will continue to benefit from a wide range of services, enhancing market competitiveness alongside Saia's leading LTL network.
This strategic move is expected to strengthen Saia's position in the logistics market, allowing for better customer understanding of the services offered and potentially driving future growth.
Wall Street analysts forecast SAIA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SAIA is 350.29 USD with a low forecast of 250.00 USD and a high forecast of 431.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
18 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast SAIA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SAIA is 350.29 USD with a low forecast of 250.00 USD and a high forecast of 431.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
9 Buy
9 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 341.780
Low
250.00
Averages
350.29
High
431.00
Current: 341.780
Low
250.00
Averages
350.29
High
431.00
Stifel
Hold
maintain
$343 -> $371
2026-01-21
Reason
Stifel
Price Target
$343 -> $371
AI Analysis
2026-01-21
maintain
Hold
Reason
Stifel raised the firm's price target on Saia to $371 from $343 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares. The firm's base case expectation is for mid-to-high single digit percentage organic and regulatory-driven attrition in long-haul over-the-road supply this year and while it expects significantly less supply impact for Less-than-Truckload than it does in its Truckload group coverage, the firm believes tightening in truckload creates marginal demand spillover, as well as pricing support, the analyst tells investors in a Q4 earnings preview for the group.
TD Cowen
Hold
maintain
$283 -> $326
2026-01-09
Reason
TD Cowen
Price Target
$283 -> $326
2026-01-09
maintain
Hold
Reason
TD Cowen raised the firm's price target on Saia to $326 from $283 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares. The firm adjusted targets in the trucking group as part of a Q4 preview. The quarter likely saw modest peak and limited project work, but a carrier survey corroborates regulation-driven capacity attrition, which bodes well for 2026, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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BofA
Neutral
maintain
$322 -> $367
2026-01-09
Reason
BofA
Price Target
$322 -> $367
2026-01-09
maintain
Neutral
Reason
BofA raised the firm's price target on Saia to $367 from $322 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The firm looks to expand its exposure to cyclical Transport stocks into 2026, with a focus on cost conscious AI-enabled share gainers, the analyst tells investors in a year-ahead note on the sector. Demand should be aided by the Big Beautiful Bill's benefits of bonus depreciation, leading to infrastructure investments, $1.4 trillion in expected expenditures over the next three years on data centers and power supply, lower interest rates and potential flow through to the housing and forest product segments, the analyst says.
Wolfe Research
Outperform -> Peer Perform
downgrade
2026-01-08
Reason
Wolfe Research
Price Target
2026-01-08
downgrade
Outperform -> Peer Perform
Reason
Wolfe Research downgraded Saia to Peer Perform from Outperform.
About SAIA
Saia, Inc. is a transportation company. The Company provides less-than-truckload (LTL) services through a single integrated organization. It offers customers a wide range of other value-added services, including non-asset truckload, expedited and logistics services across North America. Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC (Saia LTL Freight), a subsidiary of the Company, is an LTL carrier that provides direct service to the 48 contiguous states and provides LTL services to Canada and Mexico through relationships with third-party interline carriers. Saia LTL Freight specializes in offering its customers a range of LTL services, including time-definite and expedited options. Saia LTL Freight provides its customers with solutions for shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds. Saia LTL Freight operates a network comprised of 213 owned and leased terminals, plus three general offices and one warehouse and owns over 6,600 tractors and 26,200 trailers, including equipment acquired with finance leases.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
