Saia, Inc. vs WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC., two Trucking stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where SAIA and WERN diverge most: on net margin, SAIA reads 8.2% and WERN reads -1.4%; on return on equity, SAIA reads 10.2% and WERN reads -3.4%. 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 | SAIA | WERN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $336.75 | $32.71 |
| Market cap | $9.0B | $2.0B |
| Sector | Trucking | Trucking |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 32.5 | — |
| P/B | 3.31 | 1.45 |
| P/S | 2.66 | 0.61 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 9.9 |
| Revenue growth | +4.8% | +9.7% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 1.8% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | -1.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.2% | -3.4% |
| Return on assets | 7.5% | -1.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.0% | -0.9% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.04 | 0.58 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 1.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.00 | 2.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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