Saia Price to Sales Ratio vs Accounts Payable Analysis

SAIA Stock

USD 528.63 17.65 3.23%

Saia financial indicator trend analysis is much more than just breaking down Saia Inc prevalent accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Saia Inc is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Saia Price To Sales Ratio and its Accounts Payable accounts. Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Saia Inc. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Price To Sales Ratio vs Accounts Payable

Price to Sales Ratio vs Accounts Payable Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Saia Inc Price to Sales Ratio account and Accounts Payable. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have almost identical trend.

The correlation between Saia's Price to Sales Ratio and Accounts Payable is 0.94. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Price to Sales Ratio that can explain the historical movement of Accounts Payable in the same time period over historical financial statements of Saia Inc, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Saia's Price to Sales Ratio and Accounts Payable is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Price to Sales Ratio of Saia Inc are associated (or correlated) with its Accounts Payable. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Accounts Payable has no effect on the direction of Price to Sales Ratio i.e., Saia's Price to Sales Ratio and Accounts Payable go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.94

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Very Strong

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Price To Sales Ratio

Price to Sales Ratio is figured by comparing Saia Inc stock price to its revenues. An advantage to using Price to Sales ratio is that it is based on Saia sales, a figure that is much harder to manipulate than other Saia Inc multiples. Because sales tend to be more stable P/S ratio can be a good tool for screening cyclical companies fluctuating earnings patterns. A valuation ratio that compares a company’s stock price to its revenues, calculated by dividing the company’s market cap by its total sales or revenue over a 12-month period.

Accounts Payable

An accounting item on the balance sheet that represents Saia obligation to pay off a short-term debt to its creditors. The accounts payable entry is usually reported under current liabilities. If accounts payable of Saia Inc are not paid within the agreed terms, the payables are considered to be in default, which may trigger a penalty or interest payment, or the revocation of additional credit from the supplier. Accounts payable may also be considered a source of cash, since they represent funds being borrowed from suppliers. Given these cash flow considerations, suppliers have a natural inclination to push for shorter payment terms, while creditors want to lengthen the payment terms. The amount a company owes to suppliers or vendors for products or services received but not yet paid for. It represents the company's short-term liabilities.

Most indicators from Saia's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Saia Inc current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Saia Inc. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

At present, Saia's Enterprise Value Over EBITDA is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Enterprise Value Multiple is expected to grow to 18.88, whereas Selling General Administrative is forecasted to decline to about 64.6 M.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	451.7M	591.0M	461.4M	369.1M
Total Revenue	2.3B	2.8B	2.9B	3.0B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Saia fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Other Assets	Cash And Short Term Investments	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Other Liab	Accounts Payable	Long Term Debt	Good Will	Other Current Assets	Intangible Assets	Property Plant Equipment	Current Deferred Revenue
Total Assets		0.56	1.0	1.0	-0.65	0.91	1.0	0.58	0.05	0.91	0.71	0.8	-0.33	0.8	0.99	0.97	0.97	0.77	0.96	0.98	-0.59	-0.2	-0.11	-0.35	0.99	0.98
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.56		0.51	0.62	0.22	0.25	0.6	0.02	0.18	0.25	0.51	0.82	-0.53	0.78	0.49	0.39	0.48	0.7	0.62	0.56	0.06	0.03	-0.55	-0.05	0.63	0.56
Total Stockholder Equity	1.0	0.51		0.99	-0.7	0.94	0.99	0.57	0.07	0.94	0.68	0.76	-0.32	0.76	0.99	0.98	0.98	0.74	0.95	0.97	-0.6	-0.18	-0.08	-0.33	0.98	0.98
Property Plant And Equipment Net	1.0	0.62	0.99		-0.58	0.87	1.0	0.55	0.04	0.87	0.74	0.83	-0.34	0.83	0.97	0.95	0.96	0.8	0.97	0.98	-0.56	-0.21	-0.16	-0.36	1.0	0.98
Net Debt	-0.65	0.22	-0.7	-0.58		-0.88	-0.6	-0.56	-0.09	-0.88	-0.19	-0.18	0.11	-0.2	-0.72	-0.78	-0.73	-0.22	-0.51	-0.62	0.61	0.06	-0.33	0.17	-0.57	-0.61
Cash	0.91	0.25	0.94	0.87	-0.88		0.88	0.58	0.17	1.0	0.43	0.55	-0.35	0.55	0.95	0.96	0.95	0.53	0.8	0.88	-0.57	-0.04	0.08	-0.19	0.87	0.88
Non Current Assets Total	1.0	0.6	0.99	1.0	-0.6	0.88		0.57	0.04	0.88	0.74	0.82	-0.33	0.82	0.98	0.96	0.96	0.79	0.97	0.98	-0.57	-0.21	-0.14	-0.36	0.99	0.98
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.58	0.02	0.57	0.55	-0.56	0.58	0.57		-0.41	0.58	0.52	0.33	0.25	0.32	0.54	0.62	0.47	0.29	0.54	0.63	-0.56	-0.47	0.41	-0.55	0.51	0.55
Other Assets	0.05	0.18	0.07	0.04	-0.09	0.17	0.04	-0.41		0.17	-0.5	-0.03	-0.73	-0.02	0.12	-0.01	0.18	0.02	-0.01	0.07	0.43	0.88	-0.24	0.83	0.11	0.06
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.91	0.25	0.94	0.87	-0.88	1.0	0.88	0.58	0.17		0.43	0.55	-0.35	0.55	0.95	0.96	0.95	0.53	0.8	0.88	-0.57	-0.04	0.08	-0.19	0.87	0.88
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.71	0.51	0.68	0.74	-0.19	0.43	0.74	0.52	-0.5	0.43		0.78	0.14	0.8	0.64	0.67	0.57	0.78	0.78	0.7	-0.64	-0.7	-0.08	-0.76	0.72	0.74
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.8	0.82	0.76	0.83	-0.18	0.55	0.82	0.33	-0.03	0.55	0.78		-0.41	0.98	0.74	0.7	0.72	0.93	0.82	0.78	-0.36	-0.27	-0.31	-0.36	0.82	0.79
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.33	-0.53	-0.32	-0.34	0.11	-0.35	-0.33	0.25	-0.73	-0.35	0.14	-0.41		-0.4	-0.37	-0.27	-0.42	-0.4	-0.26	-0.32	-0.06	-0.49	0.43	-0.41	-0.37	-0.32
Total Liab	0.8	0.78	0.76	0.83	-0.2	0.55	0.82	0.32	-0.02	0.55	0.8	0.98	-0.4		0.75	0.71	0.72	0.98	0.83	0.79	-0.43	-0.31	-0.35	-0.4	0.83	0.81
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.99	0.49	0.99	0.97	-0.72	0.95	0.98	0.54	0.12	0.95	0.64	0.74	-0.37	0.75		0.98	0.98	0.74	0.93	0.97	-0.6	-0.15	-0.1	-0.3	0.98	0.98
Total Current Assets	0.97	0.39	0.98	0.95	-0.78	0.96	0.96	0.62	-0.01	0.96	0.67	0.7	-0.27	0.71	0.98		0.97	0.69	0.9	0.95	-0.68	-0.27	0.0	-0.41	0.94	0.96
Other Current Liab	0.97	0.48	0.98	0.96	-0.73	0.95	0.96	0.47	0.18	0.95	0.57	0.72	-0.42	0.72	0.98	0.97		0.69	0.9	0.94	-0.55	-0.07	-0.1	-0.22	0.96	0.95
Total Current Liabilities	0.77	0.7	0.74	0.8	-0.22	0.53	0.79	0.29	0.02	0.53	0.78	0.93	-0.4	0.98	0.74	0.69	0.69		0.8	0.78	-0.49	-0.32	-0.39	-0.4	0.81	0.81
Other Liab	0.96	0.62	0.95	0.97	-0.51	0.8	0.97	0.54	-0.01	0.8	0.78	0.82	-0.26	0.83	0.93	0.9	0.9	0.8		0.94	-0.55	-0.23	-0.22	-0.35	0.97	0.94
Accounts Payable	0.98	0.56	0.97	0.98	-0.62	0.88	0.98	0.63	0.07	0.88	0.7	0.78	-0.32	0.79	0.97	0.95	0.94	0.78	0.94		-0.56	-0.19	-0.09	-0.34	0.98	0.98
Long Term Debt	-0.59	0.06	-0.6	-0.56	0.61	-0.57	-0.57	-0.56	0.43	-0.57	-0.64	-0.36	-0.06	-0.43	-0.6	-0.68	-0.55	-0.49	-0.55	-0.56		0.71	-0.04	0.78	-0.52	-0.59
Good Will	-0.2	0.03	-0.18	-0.21	0.06	-0.04	-0.21	-0.47	0.88	-0.04	-0.7	-0.27	-0.49	-0.31	-0.15	-0.27	-0.07	-0.32	-0.23	-0.19	0.71		-0.07	0.98	-0.15	-0.22
Other Current Assets	-0.11	-0.55	-0.08	-0.16	-0.33	0.08	-0.14	0.41	-0.24	0.08	-0.08	-0.31	0.43	-0.35	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.39	-0.22	-0.09	-0.04	-0.07		-0.08	-0.18	-0.1
Intangible Assets	-0.35	-0.05	-0.33	-0.36	0.17	-0.19	-0.36	-0.55	0.83	-0.19	-0.76	-0.36	-0.41	-0.4	-0.3	-0.41	-0.22	-0.4	-0.35	-0.34	0.78	0.98	-0.08		-0.3	-0.37
Property Plant Equipment	0.99	0.63	0.98	1.0	-0.57	0.87	0.99	0.51	0.11	0.87	0.72	0.82	-0.37	0.83	0.98	0.94	0.96	0.81	0.97	0.98	-0.52	-0.15	-0.18	-0.3		0.99
Current Deferred Revenue	0.98	0.56	0.98	0.98	-0.61	0.88	0.98	0.55	0.06	0.88	0.74	0.79	-0.32	0.81	0.98	0.96	0.95	0.81	0.94	0.98	-0.59	-0.22	-0.1	-0.37	0.99

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Saia Account Relationship Matchups

Saia fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	1.4B	1.5B	1.8B	2.2B	2.7B	2.8B
Short Long Term Debt Total	241.7M	186.5M	160.4M	154.5M	138.7M	130.0M
Total Stockholder Equity	815.2M	961.3M	1.2B	1.6B	1.9B	2.0B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	1.2B	1.2B	1.4B	1.6B	1.9B	2.0B
Net Debt	241.4M	161.2M	53.8M	(32.9M)	(157.5M)	(149.6M)
Cash	248K	25.3M	106.6M	187.4M	296.2M	311.0M
Non Current Assets Total	1.2B	1.3B	1.4B	1.6B	2.0B	2.1B
Non Currrent Assets Other	7.6M	7.0M	21.6M	(123.2M)	208.7M	219.1M
Other Assets	5.3M	27.3M	40.8M	22.6M	20.3M	21.5M
Cash And Short Term Investments	248K	25.3M	106.6M	187.4M	296.2M	311.0M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	26.4M	26.6M	26.7M	26.7M	26.8M	26.3M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	1.4B	1.5B	1.8B	2.2B	2.7B	2.8B
Non Current Liabilities Total	359.2M	311.7M	303.6M	321.3M	396.1M	230.4M
Other Stockholder Equity	257M	264.7M	270.5M	272.1M	279.4M	491.3M
Total Liab	600.5M	587.5M	624.9M	595.4M	718.1M	402.9M
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	1.2B	1.2B	2.1B	2.5B	3.0B	3.2B
Total Current Assets	232.4M	271.7M	416.3M	530.9M	648.7M	681.1M
Other Current Liab	69.5M	90.2M	93.3M	134.8M	144.2M	151.5M
Total Current Liabilities	241.2M	275.8M	321.3M	274.1M	322.1M	175.1M
Other Liab	156.0M	166.0M	184.2M	206.2M	237.1M	249.0M
Accounts Payable	83.6M	89.4M	114.0M	99.8M	141.9M	149.0M
Long Term Debt	117.0M	50.4M	31.0M	16.5M	14.8M	14.1M
Other Current Assets	9.2M	9.9M	12.6M	7.2M	39.7M	41.7M
Intangible Assets	9.4M	8.2M	7.1M	6.0M	5.2M	4.9M
Property Plant Equipment	1.1B	1.1B	1.4B	1.5B	1.7B	1.8B
Current Deferred Revenue	48.1M	49.7M	55.4M	73.1M	84.1M	88.3M
Net Receivables	196.1M	216.9M	276.8M	290.3M	312.7M	160.6M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(3.9M)	(2.9M)	(4.1M)	(5.2M)	(5.7M)	(6.0M)
Short Term Debt	38.4M	40.8M	41.0M	39.4M	35.9M	23.5M
Retained Earnings	558.2M	696.5M	949.8M	1.3B	1.7B	1.7B
Net Tangible Assets	793.7M	941.0M	1.2B	1.6B	1.8B	1.9B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	558.2M	696.5M	949.8M	1.3B	1.5B	1.6B
Capital Surpluse	260.9M	267.7M	274.6M	277.4M	319.0M	265.7M
Non Current Liabilities Other	359.2M	311.7M	303.6M	60.4M	61.4M	58.3M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.255

Earnings Share

13.27

Revenue Per Share

108.194

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.146

Return On Assets

0.1212

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Total Stockholder Equity	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Property Plant And Equipment Net	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Property Plant Equipment	+ 1.0	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Cash And Short Term Investments	+ 1.0	Cash

Cash And Short Term Investments	- 0.88	Net Debt
Cash	- 0.88	Net Debt
Total Current Assets	- 0.78	Net Debt
Intangible Assets	- 0.76	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.73	Other Assets
Other Current Liab	- 0.73	Net Debt