Werner Enterprises (WERN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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16 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Werner Enterprises' shares. Their WERN share price forecasts range from $39.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $49.28 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% 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 shares have increased by 9.8% and is now trading at $44.19.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.11. The transportation company earned $832.71 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $857.09 million. Werner Enterprises had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.20% and a net margin of 6.63%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.96 EPS.

Werner Enterprises announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 11th. Investors of record on Monday, July 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, July 19th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 30th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13.
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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), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV), First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF (FTQI), First Trust Active Factor Mid Cap ETF (AFMC), First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR) and Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC).

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.16%. 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 14.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WERN will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.99% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Werner Enterprises announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, November 12th 2021, which permits the company to buyback 6,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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.

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Werner Enterprises trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WERN."

Werner Enterprises' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.63%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (7.13%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.97%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.56%), LSV Asset Management (4.21%) and State Street Corp (3.55%). Insiders that own company stock include Carmen A Tapio, Clarence L Werner, H Marty Nordlund, Jim S Schelble and Scott C Arves.
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One share of WERN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.19.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) has a market capitalization of $2.80 billion and generates $3.29 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $241.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,249 workers across the globe.

Werner Enterprises' mailing address is 14507 FRONTIER ROAD, OMAHA NE, 68145. The official website for the company is www.werner.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (402) 895-6640, via email at invrelations@werner.com, or via fax at 402-895-9104.