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WERN vs. ARCB, HTLD, HUBG, JBHT, LSTR, MRTN, ODFL, KNX, SNDR, and HTZ

Should you be buying Werner Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Werner Enterprises include ArcBest (ARCB), Heartland Express (HTLD), Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Schneider National (SNDR), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Werner Enterprises vs. Its Competitors

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Werner Enterprises pays out 65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Werner Enterprises has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Werner Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, ArcBest had 9 more articles in the media than Werner Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ArcBest and 5 mentions for Werner Enterprises. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 0.31 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Werner Enterprises
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ArcBest
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Werner Enterprises. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Werner Enterprises$2.97B0.56$34.23M$0.8631.16
ArcBest$4.18B0.39$173.96M$6.7210.64

Werner Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.83%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.83%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Werner Enterprises
6 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80
ArcBest
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ArcBest has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 1.77%. ArcBest's return on equity of 8.67% beat Werner Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Werner Enterprises1.77% 0.92% 0.44%
ArcBest 3.90%8.67%4.66%

Werner Enterprises has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ArcBest beats Werner Enterprises on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WERN vs. The Competition

MetricWerner EnterprisesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.65B$6.55B$7.23B$9.56B
Dividend Yield2.03%1.32%706.08%4.14%
P/E Ratio31.1627.6813.4225.14
Price / Sales0.561.44529.6276.15
Price / Cash5.279.327.7958.58
Price / Book1.163.262.125.59
Net Income$34.23M$167.24M$571.16M$265.48M
7 Day Performance-0.20%1.41%2.73%1.22%
1 Month Performance-7.03%-9.36%0.24%0.39%
1 Year Performance-27.83%-12.59%3.84%23.47%

Werner Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.8964 of 5 stars
$26.47
-4.1%
$30.50
+15.2%
-27.5%$1.64B$2.97B30.949,287
ARCB
ArcBest
4.9645 of 5 stars
$85.46
-0.9%
$94.00
+10.0%
-30.7%$1.96B$4.11B11.3014,000
HTLD
Heartland Express
4.0022 of 5 stars
$8.39
+0.4%
$9.63
+14.7%
-35.4%$659.03M$1.05B-18.245,700Analyst Forecast
HUBG
Hub Group
4.1093 of 5 stars
$35.62
-1.3%
$42.01
+17.9%
-18.2%$2.18B$3.86B20.956,500
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.8692 of 5 stars
$148.39
-0.6%
$164.90
+11.1%
-13.8%$14.72B$12.09B26.9833,646Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.5334 of 5 stars
$141.21
-1.0%
$151.31
+7.2%
-31.5%$4.94B$4.82B27.961,441
MRTN
Marten Transport
3.8208 of 5 stars
$12.87
-1.0%
$19.00
+47.6%
-31.7%$1.05B$920.87M49.503,776
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
4.028 of 5 stars
$164.32
-1.7%
$174.85
+6.4%
-24.8%$34.72B$5.81B30.8321,895
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.9534 of 5 stars
$44.43
-0.9%
$53.88
+21.3%
-20.5%$7.20B$7.41B43.5635,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
SNDR
Schneider National
4.655 of 5 stars
$25.76
-1.0%
$27.29
+5.9%
-11.6%$4.51B$5.37B36.8019,400
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.516 of 5 stars
$6.96
-6.5%
$4.78
-31.3%
+65.5%$2.15B$9.05B-0.6926,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:WERN) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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