Werner Enterprises - WERN Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 5 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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11 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Werner Enterprises' shares. Their WERN share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $46.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% from the stock's current price.
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Werner Enterprises' stock was trading at $47.66 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, WERN shares have decreased by 19.0% and is now trading at $38.61.
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The company 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 Wednesday, August, 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.15. The transportation company earned $836.28 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $784.22 million. Werner Enterprises had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.66% and a net margin of 8.69%.

Werner Enterprises declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, October 18th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 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 1.35%. 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 14.40% 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 has initiated a stock buyback plan 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Macquarie Group Ltd. (6.83%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.94%), State Street Corp (3.60%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.04%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.55%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.39%). 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 $38.61.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) has a market capitalization of $2.45 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.

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.