Werner Enterprises - WERN Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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13 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Werner Enterprises' stock. Their WERN share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $48.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%.
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Werner Enterprises' stock was trading at $40.26 at the start of the year. Since then, WERN stock has increased by 22.8% and is now trading at $49.45.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 7th 2023.
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Werner Enterprises will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 7th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "6540190".

Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 28th. The transportation company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.16. The transportation company had revenue of $702.89 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $703.12 million. Werner Enterprises had a net margin of 8.07% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.66%. The company's revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.69 EPS.

Werner Enterprises declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, January 17th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 30th.
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Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.11%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 13.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WERN will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Werner Enterprises declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, November 12th 2021, which allows the company to buyback 6,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.95%), DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (1.30%), Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (0.82%), Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (0.82%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.29%) and Moody Aldrich Partners LLC (0.17%). Insiders that own company stock include Carmen A Tapio, Clarence L Werner, H Marty Nordlund, James Lynn Johnson, Jim S Schelble and Scott C Arves.
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Shares of WERN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WERN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.45.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) has a market capitalization of $3.13 billion and generates $2.73 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $259.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,988 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 (422) 895-6640, via email at invrelations@werner.com, or via fax at 402-895-9104.