SAIA’s short interest shows a sharp decline on 2025-11-14

Roman Campbell

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Saia Inc shares valued at $314,428 were sold by Benton Kelly W on Dec 02 ’25. At $314.43 per share, Benton Kelly W sold 1,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,091 shares worth approximately $1.02 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, KELLY BENTON purchased 1,000 shares, netting a total of over 314,427 in proceeds.

Before that, EPPS DONNA E had added 422 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $117,145, the Director bought Saia Inc shares for $277.60 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 422 shares, worth approximately $0.61 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Rothschild & Co Redburn on November 26, 2025, Saia Inc [SAIA] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $262. Analysts at Susquehanna upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Positive”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of July 24, 2025, Stifel has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for SAIA. Earlier on June 02, 2025, Goldman upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for SAIA stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing SAIA Stock Performance

On last trading session, Saia Inc [NASDAQ: SAIA] rose 0.68% to $328.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $324.89, but it reached a high of $336.43 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 17.52%. Over the course of the year, Saia Inc shares have dropped approximately -41.11%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $538.03 on 02/06/25 and a 52-week low of $229.12 on 04/29/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Saia Inc (SAIA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 323.40, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 318.38. In the upper region, resistance lies at 334.94. The next price resistance is at 341.46. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.05 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Saia Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Saia Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-11-14 dropping by -0.14 million shares to 1.56 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-15 was 1.7 million shares. A decline of -8.9% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.79 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.79.

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In terms of Saia Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 342.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 4.99% from the previous closing price of $326.22. Analysts anticipate Saia Inc stock to reach 374 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 262. In spite of this, 16 analysts ranked Saia Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 01, 2025, Deutsche Bank assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $273.

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