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SAIA vs UPS

Side-by-side comparison of Saia Inc. (SAIA) and United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both SAIA and UPS operate in Trucking Freight/Courier Services (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • UPS is the larger of the two at $92.26B, about 7.4x SAIA ($12.44B).
  • SAIA has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for UPS).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
MetricSAIAUPS
Company
Saia Inc.
United Parcel Service Inc.
Price
$466.23-1.10%
$108.54-1.54%
Market cap
$12.44B
$92.26B
1M return
+3.72%
-
1Y return
+81.41%
-
Industry
Trucking Freight/Courier Services
Trucking Freight/Courier Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
1999
News (4w)
3
1
Recent ratings
25
25
SAIA

Saia Inc.

Saia, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a transportation company in North America. The company provides less-than-truckload services for shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds; and other value-added services, including non-asset truckload, expedited, and logistics services. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 174 owned and leased facilities; and owned approximately 5,700 tractors and 17,400 trailers. The company was formerly known as SCS Transportation, Inc. and changed its name to Saia, Inc. in July 2006. Saia, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia.

UPS

United Parcel Service Inc.

United Parcel Service, Inc. provides letter and package delivery, transportation, logistics, and financial services. It operates through three segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain & Freight. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States. The International Package segment provides guaranteed day and time-definite international shipping services in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment offers guaranteed time-definite express options. The Supply Chain & Freight segment provides international air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, distribution and post-sales, and mail and consulting services in approximately 200 countries and territories; and less-than-truckload and truckload services to customers in North America. This segment also offers truckload brokerage services; supply chain solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industry; shipping, visibility, and billing technologies; and financial and insurance services. The company operates a fleet of approximately 127,000 package cars, vans, tractors, and motorcycles; and owns 58,000 containers that are used to transport cargo in its aircraft. United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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