Werner Enterprises - WERN Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 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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12 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Werner Enterprises' shares. Their WERN share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $47.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price.
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Werner Enterprises' stock was trading at $47.66 at the start of the year. Since then, WERN stock has decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $41.06.
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Werner Enterprises is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The transportation company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.95 by $0.16. The transportation company earned $702.89 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $703.12 million. Werner Enterprises had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.66% and a net margin of 8.69%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 19.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS.

Werner Enterprises declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, July 19th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 1st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12.
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Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.24%. 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 12.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WERN will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.36% 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 approved a stock repurchase plan on Friday, November 12th 2021, which permits the company to buyback 6,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.94%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.04%), abrdn plc (1.28%), DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (1.13%), Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (0.84%) and Nuance Investments LLC (0.53%). Insiders that own company stock include 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 $41.06.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) has a market capitalization of $2.67 billion and generates $2.73 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $259.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis.

Werner Enterprises employs 9,988 workers across the globe.

Werner Enterprises was founded in 1956.

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.