Industrials
Werner Enterprises, Inc.(WERN)
Live Price
Offline$40.69
+2.03% today
1Y Change
+47.21%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.06B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.8%
- EPS Growth
- -143.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.6%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Werner Enterprises, Inc. (WERN) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $2.06B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $40.69 and up 47.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.8%, EPS growth of -143.6%, a dividend yield of 1.6%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.8%, EPS -143.6%, free cash flow +18.5% with operating margin 2.1% and ROIC 2.3%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WERN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.8% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+2.1% vs +16.9% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.8% and EPS is at -143.6%, with operating margin around 2.1%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | +5.8% | +0.8% | +19.0% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | -44.4% | -8.2% | -13.9% | -18.7% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | -120.0% | +3.2% | +0.8% | +0.7% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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Relative to SPY
WERN Max Drawdown
-28.28%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Werner Enterprises, Inc., a transportation and logistics company, engages in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in interstate and intrastate commerce in the United States, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through Truckload Transportation Services and Werner Logistics segments. The Truckload Transportation Services segment operates medium-to-long-haul van fleet that transports various consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities using dry van trailers; the expedited fleet, which offers time-sensitive truckload services using driver teams; regional short-haul fleet that provides comparable truckload van service in the United States; and temperature controlled fleet, which offers truckload services for temperature sensitive products using temperature-controlled trailers. It transports retail store merchandise, consumer products, food and beverage products, and manufactured products. The Werner Logistics segment provides non-asset-based transportation and logistics services, including truck brokerage; logistics management services and solutions; rail transportation through alliances with rail and drayage providers; and residential and commercial deliveries of large or heavy items using liftgate straight truck. As of December 31, 2021, the company had a fleet of 8,340 trucks, which included 8,050 company-operated, as well as 290 owned and operated by independent contractors;27,225 company-owned trailers that comprised dry vans, flatbeds, temperature-controlled, and other trailers; and 55 intermodal drayage trucks. Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Leadership
- Derek J. Leathers
- IPO Date
- Jun 20, 1986
- Employees
- 13.0k
- Street Address
- 14507 Frontier Road
- Mailing
- Omaha, NE, 68145-0308
- Region
- Omaha, NE, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 402 895 6640
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.5
- Price/Sales
- 0.7
- Price/Book
- 1.5
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.8%
- EPS
- -143.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +18.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 8.4%
- Operating Margin
- 2.1%
- Net Margin
- -0.3%
- ROE
- -0.6%
- ROIC
- 2.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.77
- Current Ratio
- 1.44
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