Werner Enterprises (WERN) Competitors

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is WERN or R more profitable?

Ryder System has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 1.13%. Ryder System's return on equity of 17.23% beat Werner Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Werner Enterprises	1.13%	2.27%	1.08%
Ryder System	3.87%	17.23%	3.21%

Do analysts rate WERN or R?

Werner Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $29.69, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Ryder System has a consensus price target of $160.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Given Werner Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Werner Enterprises is more favorable than Ryder System.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Werner Enterprises	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.85
Ryder System	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, WERN or R?

Werner Enterprises has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WERN or R?

89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Ryder System shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WERN or R?

Ryder System received 61 more outperform votes than Werner Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 48.56% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Werner Enterprises	Outperform Votes 456 48.56%	Underperform Votes 483 51.44%
Ryder System	Outperform Votes 517 64.46%	Underperform Votes 285 35.54%

Is WERN or R a better dividend stock?

Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Werner Enterprises pays out 193.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryder System pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Werner Enterprises has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ryder System has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Ryder System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor WERN or R?

In the previous week, Ryder System had 4 more articles in the media than Werner Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ryder System and 9 mentions for Werner Enterprises. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 1.13 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Werner Enterprises	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryder System	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WERN or R?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Werner Enterprises	$2.97B	0.56	$34.23M	$0.29	93.69
Ryder System	$12.73B	0.50	$489M	$11.47	13.50

Summary

Ryder System beats Werner Enterprises on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.