Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Stock Information
Saia’s common stock is listed under the symbol “SAIA” on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Stockholders
As of January 31, 2025, there were 694 holders of record of our common stock.
Dividends
We have not paid a cash dividend on our common stock. Any payment of dividends in the future is dependent upon our financial condition, capital requirements, earnings, cash flow and other factors.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased (1)
(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)
(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that may Yet be Purchased under the Plans or Programs
October 1, 2024 through
October 31, 2024
—
(2)
$—
(2)
—
$—
November 1, 2024 through
November 30, 2024
—
(3)
$—
(3)
—
$—
December 1, 2024 through
December 31, 2024
420
(4)
$479.94
(4)
—
$—
Total
420
—
(1)
Any shares purchased by the Saia, Inc. Executive Capital Accumulation Plan are open market purchases. For more information on the Saia, Inc. Executive Capital Accumulation Plan, see the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-155805) filed on December 1, 2008.
(2)
The Saia, Inc. Executive Capital Accumulation Plan sold 450 shares of Saia stock at an average price of $477.13 per share on the open market during the period of October 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024.
(3)
The Saia, Inc. Executive Capital Accumulation Plan sold 430 shares of Saia stock at an average price of $557.88 per share on the open market during the period of November 1, 2024 through November 30, 2024.
(4)
The Saia, Inc. Executive Capital Accumulation Plan had no sales of Saia stock during the period of December 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
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Performance Graph
The graph below compares the cumulative five year total stockholder return on Saia, Inc. common stock relative to the cumulative total stockholder returns of the Russell 2000 index, the NASDAQ Transportation index and a customized peer group of eleven companies. Individual companies within the custom peer group are listed below.
An investment of $100 (with reinvestment of all dividends) is assumed to have been made in our common stock, in each index and in each of the companies in the peer group on December 31, 2019 and its relative performance is tracked through December 31, 2024.
Companies included in the peer group are: ArcBest Corp., Hub Group Inc., J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., Landstar System Inc., Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., Saia Inc., Schneider National Inc., TFI International Inc., Werner Enterprises Inc. and XPO Inc.
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Cumulative Total Return
Period Ending
Index
12/31/2019
12/31/2020
12/31/2021
12/31/2022
12/31/2023
12/31/2024
Saia, Inc.
$100.00
$194.16
$361.93
$225.17
$470.60
$489.40
Russell 2000
$100.00
$119.96
$137.74
$109.59
$128.14
$142.93
NASDAQ Transportation
$100.00
$106.29
$120.41
$97.55
$130.87
$133.76
Peer Group
$100.00
$135.01
$222.22
$181.74
$253.02
$244.25
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Item 6 . [Reserved]
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