Werner Enterprises - WERN Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Werner Enterprises in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 9 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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17 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Werner Enterprises' shares. Their WERN share price forecasts range from $39.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $49.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% from the stock's current price.
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Werner Enterprises' stock was trading at $40.26 at the start of the year. Since then, WERN shares have increased by 7.7% and is now trading at $43.34.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 7th. The transportation company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.07. The transportation company earned $861.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $862.51 million. Werner Enterprises had a net margin of 7.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.34%. The company's revenue was up 12.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.13 EPS.

Werner Enterprises declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 28th. Investors of record on Monday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Wednesday, May 3rd. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 14th.
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Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.21%. 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 13.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WERN will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.87% 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 stock repurchase program on Friday, November 12th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback 6,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Macquarie Group Ltd. (7.06%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.08%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.43%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.42%), LSV Asset Management (4.15%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.95%). 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 $43.34.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) has a market capitalization of $2.74 billion and generates $3.29 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $241.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.74 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.