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Saia, Inc. (SAIA)

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The Company is an asset-based trucking transportation company that provides a variety of trucking transportation and supply chain solutions to a broad range of industries, including the retail, chemical and manufacturing industries.

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Saia, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $12.39
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 3:59 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $12.02
Daily Range: $12.13 - $12.63
52-Week Range: $7.93 - $20.00
Volume: 142,328
Market Cap: $167.97M
P/E Ratio: 12.21
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Avatar Colvin65 (< 20) Submitted: 5/05/08 2:03 PM

Trucking company Saia Inc. said Friday it swung to a first-quarter loss, hurt by weak pricing and demand compounded by "unprecedented" fuel prices and severe winter weather.

The company posted a loss of $833,000, or 6 cents per share, compared with a year-ago profit of $3 million, or 21 cents per s...More

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Avatar 92557 (< 20) Submitted: 8/01/08 2:51 AM

With the US headed into a obvious reccession why is SAIA hiring people like we are going into the wanton economy of the past? The trucking companies that will survive are going to be very conservative. I just dont feel the upper management has a handle on what will be needed to stay stable in the ne...More

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Avatar 92557 (< 20) Submitted: 8/01/08 2:51 AM : Underperform Start Price: $17.00 SAIA Score: 14.31

With the US headed into a obvious reccession why is SAIA hiring people like we are going into the wanton economy of the past? The trucking companies that will survive are going to be very conservative. I just dont feel the upper management has a handle on what will be needed to stay stable in the near term marketplace.





Full disclosure I am an employee of rival ABFS.

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Avatar Beerio (74.27) Submitted: 7/10/08 3:14 PM : Underperform Start Price: $12.12 SAIA Score: -13.57

Decent company, horrible fundamental business outlook with the US entering a full blown recession and oil likely to stay stubbornly high.

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Avatar johnedwardkang (< 20) Submitted: 5/29/08 2:23 PM : Outperform Start Price: $13.89 SAIA Score: 10.27

They'll make a comeback

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Avatar Colvin65 (< 20) Submitted: 5/05/08 2:03 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.74 SAIA Score: -2.94

Trucking company Saia Inc. said Friday it swung to a first-quarter loss, hurt by weak pricing and demand compounded by "unprecedented" fuel prices and severe winter weather.

The company posted a loss of $833,000, or 6 cents per share, compared with a year-ago profit of $3 million, or 21 cents per share.

Saia estimated the rapid increase in fuel prices hurt the quarter by 6 cents per share. Severe winter weather had a 2-cent-per-share impact, the company said.

Analysts were expecting break-even earnings per share, according to a poll by Thomson Financial.

Revenue rose 8 percent to $249.3 million, from $231.8 million in the prior-year period.

"We are operating in a difficult economic environment with weak tonnage demand, increasing price competition and escalating fuel prices which continue to pressure margins," President and Chief Executive Rick O'Dell said in a statement. "We are managing through this challenging environment with our targeted sales and marketing programs to build density while continuing to pursue engineered cost and efficiency initiatives."

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Avatar deuspecuniae (73.90) Submitted: 4/25/08 5:39 PM : Underperform Start Price: $14.90 SAIA Score: -3.63

A recessions a coming this summer and high oil prices are not going away since the falling dollar is to blame, and continued inflation is not going to bring the value of the dollar up any time soon. Burnanke was not helping this country by bailing out the crust of American society. Also, Bush's stimulus package didn't help the upward inflationary pressure that is killing this countries middle class. Sorry about my rant but anyway my point is to sell trucking since rail is about to take over from the high price of fuel.

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