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WERNER ENTERPRISES INC
WERN
$2.5B
Mkt Cap
$42.42
-3.39%
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 7.1%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a market capitalization of $2.5B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 1.34%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 2.18%.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) operates in the Trucking (No Local) industry, within the Industrials sector.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) reported annual revenue of $3.0 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a net profit margin of -0.5%. The company is currently unprofitable.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) generated $-69 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
We are a transportation and logistics company engaged primarily in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in both interstate and intrastate commerce. We also provide logistics services through our Werner Logistics segment. We believe we are one of the largest truckload carriers in the United States (based on total operating revenues), and our headquarters are located in Omaha, Nebraska, near the geographic center of our truckload service area. We were founded in 1956 by Clarence L. Werner, who started the business with one truck at the age of 19. We were incorporated in the State of Nebraska in September 1982 and completed our initial public offering in June 1986 with a fleet of 632 trucks as of February 1986. At the end of 2025, our Truckload Transportation Services (“TTS”) segment had a fleet of 7,100 trucks, of which 6,785 were company-operated and 315 were owned and operated by independent contractors.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.0B | 3.0B | 3.0B | 3.3B | 3.3B | 2.7B |
| Net Income | -14M | -14M | 34M | 112M | 241M | 259M |
| EPS | $-0.24 | $-0.24 | $0.55 | $1.76 | $3.74 | $3.82 |
| Free Cash Flow | -69M | -69M | -84M | -124M | -59M | -38M |
| ROIC | 0.4% | 0.5% | 2.4% | 6.3% | 12.9% | 13.5% |
| Gross Margin | 45.0% | 45.0% | 47.2% | 48.2% | 49.7% | 54.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.59 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.57 | $0.56 | $0.56 | $0.55 | $0.51 | $0.46 |
| Operating Income | 12M | 12M | 66M | 176M | 323M | 309M |
| Operating Margin | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2.2% | 5.4% | 9.8% | 11.3% |
| ROE | -1.1% | -1.0% | 2.3% | 7.6% | 17.4% | 20.5% |
| Shares Outstanding | 60M | 60M | 62M | 64M | 65M | 68M |
| Metric | 2018 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.7B | 3.3B | 3.3B | 3.0B | 3.0B | 3.0B |
| Gross Margin | 43.1% | 49.5% | 48.5% | 49.4% | 71.9% | 52.8% | 54.4% | 54.0% | 49.7% | 48.2% | 47.2% | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 584M | 640M | 636M | 682M | 781M | 818M | 796M | 895M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| EBIT | 160M | 200M | 126M | 144M | 224M | 225M | 227M | 309M | 323M | 176M | 66M | 12M | 12M |
| Op. Margin | 7.5% | 9.6% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 11.3% | 9.8% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Net Income | 99M | 124M | 79M | 203M | 168M | 167M | 169M | 259M | 241M | 112M | 34M | -14M | -14M |
| Net Margin | 4.6% | 5.9% | 3.9% | 9.6% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 1.1% | -0.5% | -0.5% |
| Non-Recurring | 19M | 23M | 16M | 6.8M | 25M | 22M | 11M | 61M | 89M | 42M | 15M | 82M | 82M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 11.2% | 12.7% | 6.8% | 11.5% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 11.7% | 13.5% | 12.9% | 6.3% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| ROE | 12.3% | 14.0% | 8.2% | 18.6% | 13.7% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 20.5% | 17.4% | 7.6% | 2.3% | -1.0% | -1.1% |
| ROA | 7.0% | 8.1% | 4.7% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 10.9% | 8.5% | 3.6% | 1.1% | -0.5% | -0.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 207M | 370M | 310M | 283M | 418M | 427M | 446M | 333M | 449M | 474M | 330M | 182M | 182M |
| Free Cash Flow | -90M | -84M | -228M | -34M | -102M | 5.9M | 33M | -38M | -59M | -124M | -84M | -69M | -69M |
| Owner Earnings | 24M | 173M | 98M | 61M | -349M | 169M | 174M | 54M | 156M | 163M | 30M | -115M | -115M |
| CapEx | 297M | 454M | 538M | 316M | 520M | 421M | 413M | 371M | 507M | 599M | 414M | 250M | 250M |
| Maint. CapEx | 177M | 193M | 210M | 218M | 760M | 250M | 263M | 268M | 280M | 300M | 290M | 286M | 286M |
| Growth CapEx | 120M | 261M | 328M | 99M | 0 | 171M | 150M | 103M | 227M | 299M | 123M | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 177M | 193M | 210M | 218M | 760M | 250M | 263M | 268M | 280M | 300M | 290M | 286M | 286M |
| CapEx/OCF | 143.6% | 122.6% | 172.2% | 111.8% | 124.3% | 98.6% | 92.6% | 111.4% | 113.0% | 126.2% | 125.5% | 137.7% | 137.7% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 14M | 15M | 17M | 19M | 23M | 286M | 25M | 29M | 32M | 34M | 35M | 34M | 34M |
| Dividend Yield | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 13.8% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.3% |
| Share Buybacks | 31M | 6.4M | 0 | 0 | 72M | 42M | 57M | 104M | 110M | 0 | 67M | 56M | 56M |
| Buyback Yield | 1.7% | 0.5% | N/A | N/A | 4.1% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 4.5% | N/A | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.2% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 6.1M | 4.4M | 2.4M | 4.5M | 7.4M | 8.1M | 8.9M | 11M | 12M | 12M | 8.9M | 11M | 11M |
| Debt Repayment | 40M | 0 | 40M | 60M | 20M | 100M | 50M | 0 | 100M | 90M | 221M | 320M | 320M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 127M | 118M | 323M | 136M | 166M | 560M | 381M | 732M | 629M | 669M | 771M | 789M | 789M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 23M | 32M | 17M | 14M | 34M | 26M | 29M | 54M | 107M | 62M | 41M | 60M | 60M |
| Long-Term Debt | 75M | 75M | 160M | 75M | 75M | 275M | 175M | 423M | 688M | 646M | 630M | 752M | 752M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.62 |
| Interest Coverage | 181.7 | 101.5 | 48.9 | 64.1 | 83.2 | 32.9 | 54.0 | 69.9 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Equity | 834M | 936M | 995M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Total Assets | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.6B | 3.1B | 3.2B | 3.1B | 2.9B | 2.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 305M | 340M | 387M | 250M | 819M | 312M | 962M | 1.2B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Intangibles | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 55M | 82M | 86M | 76M | 45M | 45M |
| Retained Earnings | 915M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.9B |
| Working Capital | 240M | 196M | 158M | 168M | 146M | 157M | 183M | 363M | 453M | 304M | 186M | 298M | 298M |
| Current Assets | 426M | 380M | 373M | 400M | 457M | 466M | 457M | 631M | 763M | 635M | 542M | 613M | 613M |
| Current Liabilities | 187M | 184M | 215M | 232M | 310M | 309M | 274M | 269M | 310M | 331M | 356M | 315M | 315M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.36 | 1.71 | 1.09 | 2.80 | 2.33 | 2.38 | 2.44 | 3.82 | 3.74 | 1.76 | 0.55 | -0.24 | -0.24 |
| Owner EPS | 0.32 | 2.39 | 1.34 | 0.84 | -4.84 | 2.41 | 2.51 | 0.80 | 2.42 | 2.55 | 0.49 | -1.92 | -1.92 |
| Book Value | 11.50 | 12.93 | 13.70 | 16.35 | 17.53 | 15.84 | 17.25 | 19.58 | 22.38 | 23.94 | 23.39 | 22.72 | 22.72 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.85 | 5.12 | 4.27 | 3.90 | 5.79 | 6.08 | 6.44 | 4.91 | 6.96 | 7.43 | 5.30 | 3.03 | 4.53 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 4.11 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.57 |
| Shares Out. | 72.5M | 72.3M | 72.6M | 72.5M | 72.2M | 70.1M | 69.3M | 67.8M | 64.5M | 63.9M | 62.2M | 60.0M | 60.0M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 18.1 | 10.7 | 20.0 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 23.5 | 64.4 | N/A | -176.7 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 396.9 | 77.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 11.8 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 16.4 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 18.0 | 42.2 | 210.8 | 286.0 |
| Price/Book | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Price/Sales | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| FCF Yield | -5.0% | -6.3% | -14.5% | -1.5% | -5.8% | 0.3% | 1.3% | -1.3% | -2.4% | -4.7% | -3.8% | -3.8% | -2.7% |
| Market Cap | 1.8B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 2.3B | 1.8B | 2.3B | 2.6B | 3.0B | 2.5B | 2.6B | 2.2B | 1.8B | 2.5B |
| Avg. Price | 20.43 | 22.17 | 19.77 | 24.51 | 29.45 | 29.52 | 37.56 | 42.38 | 39.07 | 41.23 | 36.84 | 28.72 | 42.42 |
| Year-End Price | 24.63 | 18.23 | 21.75 | 31.50 | 24.36 | 33.36 | 36.90 | 44.78 | 38.35 | 41.33 | 35.41 | 30.42 | 42.42 |
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average ROIC is 7.1% with a gross margin of 48.8%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 3.5%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +3.8%.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. This indicates moderate leverage.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.24 in its most recent fiscal year.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a return on equity (ROE) of -1.0%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a 5-year average gross margin of 48.8%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 18 years of financial data for WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN) has a book value per share of $22.72, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.