Saia Heading Northeast And Looking To Unlock More Leverage

The last five years have been good to Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA), as this smaller less-than-truckload (or LTL) carrier has grown its way into a top-10 market position and seen its share price climb over 400%, trouncing ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW), and doing quite a bit better than Old Dominion (NASDAQ:ODFL) as well.

While the company's tonnage growth has been relatively modest (up less than 1% on a compounded basis since 2009), it has been able to improve pricing at a mid single-digit clip, while meaningfully improving its operating ratio by prioritizing better service and more efficient operations. Looking ahead, the company's expansion into the Northeast should drive meaningful revenue growth and help the company improve its operating leverage and asset turnover. The shares isn't like cheap today, though, so this looks more like a name for the watch list than a near-term buy.

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Saia Heading Northeast And Looking To Unlock More Leverage