Werner Enterprises Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:WERN)

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WERN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WERN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Werner Enterprises' shares. Their WERN share price targets range from $37.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $47.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price.
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Werner Enterprises' stock was trading at $40.26 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, WERN stock has increased by 2.2% and is now trading at $41.14.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 6th 2024.
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 1st. The transportation company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.06. The transportation company earned $817.74 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $812.72 million. Werner Enterprises had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.87% and a net margin of 4.48%. Werner Enterprises's quarterly revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.90 EPS.

Werner Enterprises announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, January 17th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 29th.
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Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 24.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WERN will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN), ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV), Franklin U.S. Small Cap Multifactor Index ETF (FLQS), First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR), Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV), iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT) and Direxion Daily Transportation Bull 3X Shares (TPOR).

201 employees have rated Werner Enterprises Chief Executive Officer C.L. Werner on Glassdoor.com. C.L. Werner has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Werner Enterprises investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NIC (EGOV), Micron Technology (MU), Zoetis (ZTS), STMicroelectronics (STM) and Accenture (ACN).

Werner Enterprises' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.82%), Nuance Investments LLC (2.30%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.00%), LSV Asset Management (1.67%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.52%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Carmen A Tapio, H Marty Nordlund, Jim S Schelble and Scott C Arves.
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