ARCBEST CORPORATION vs Saia, Inc., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARCB and SAIA diverge most: on operating margin, ARCB reads -1.7% and SAIA reads 13.1%; on net margin, ARCB reads 0.4% and SAIA reads 8.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SAIA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ARCB | SAIA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $144.35 | $347.82 |
| Market cap | $3.2B | $9.3B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 33.6 |
| P/B | 2.55 | 3.42 |
| P/S | 0.77 | 2.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.9 | 14.9 |
| Revenue growth | +3.7% | +4.8% |
| Operating margin | -1.7% | 13.1% |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 8.2% |
| Return on equity | 1.3% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 0.7% | 7.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.6% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | 2.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.04 |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 1.58 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.51 | 8.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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