Werner Enterprises Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Werner Enterprises stock. 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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Werner Enterprises is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 29th. The transportation company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.01. Werner Enterprises had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.88% and a net margin of 9.10%.
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Werner Enterprises' stock was trading at $32.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WERN shares have increased by 41.9% and is now trading at $45.71.
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Werner Enterprises announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Tuesday, July 20th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 2nd. This is an increase from Werner Enterprises's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.
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Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.04%. Werner Enterprises does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Werner Enterprises is 18.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Werner Enterprises will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.26% next year. This indicates that Werner Enterprises will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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14 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Werner Enterprises' stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Werner Enterprises' share price to reach $50.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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201 employees have rated Werner Enterprises CEO C.L. Werner on Glassdoor.com. C.L. Werner has an approval rating of 82% among Werner Enterprises' employees.

Some companies that are related to Werner Enterprises include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), AMERCO (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Saia (SAIA), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Ryder System (R), Heartland Express (HTLD), Marten Transport (MRTN) and FRP (FRPH).
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Werner Enterprises trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WERN."

Werner Enterprises' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.24%), Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.18%), Pflug Koory LLC (0.02%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%) and Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Werner Enterprises stock include Clarence L Werner, H Marty Nordlund, James Lynn Johnson and Jim S Schelble.
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WERN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Werner Enterprises company stock in the last year include H Marty Nordlund, and Jim S Schelble.
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WERN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Moody National Bank Trust Division, Pflug Koory LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.
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Shares of WERN 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 $45.71.

Werner Enterprises has a market capitalization of $3.10 billion and generates $2.37 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $169.08 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.59 on an earnings per share basis.

Werner Enterprises employs 9,342 workers across the globe.

Werner Enterprises was founded in 1956.

The official website for Werner Enterprises is www.werner.com.

Werner Enterprises is headquartered at 14507 FRONTIER ROAD, OMAHA NE, 68145.

Werner Enterprises' mailing address is 14507 FRONTIER ROAD, OMAHA NE, 68145. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (422) 895-6640 or via email at [email protected]