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

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 Ryder System (R). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Werner Enterprises vs. Its Competitors

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

ArcBest has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 0.60%. ArcBest's return on equity of 10.05% beat Werner Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ArcBest4.37% 10.05% 5.35%
Werner Enterprises 0.60%1.20%0.57%

ArcBest has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Werner Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ArcBest had 5 more articles in the media than Werner Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ArcBest and 5 mentions for Werner Enterprises. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 0.71 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

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
ArcBest$4.11B0.46$173.96M$7.5610.94
Werner Enterprises$3.03B0.59$34.23M$0.2999.75

ArcBest currently has a consensus target price of $91.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Werner Enterprises has a consensus target price of $30.27, indicating a potential upside of 4.63%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ArcBest
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Werner Enterprises
6 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.81

ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ArcBest pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Werner Enterprises has raised 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.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$1.79B$7.18B$7.18B$9.00B
Dividend Yield1.98%1.22%914.35%4.04%
P/E Ratio99.7536.4112.8820.18
Price / Sales0.591.59348.08125.05
Price / Cash5.419.897.4757.86
Price / Book1.233.642.115.59
Net Income$34.23M$167.24M$563.51M$248.60M
7 Day Performance-1.10%-0.25%0.33%5.18%
1 Month Performance5.77%9.40%4.11%7.11%
1 Year Performance-15.44%4.44%5.34%21.73%

Werner Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WERN
Werner Enterprises
2.9901 of 5 stars
$28.93
+0.4%
$30.27
+4.6%
-17.3%$1.79B$3.03B99.759,287
ARCB
ArcBest
4.4385 of 5 stars
$77.01
+1.9%
$89.42
+16.1%
-23.5%$1.76B$4.18B10.1914,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.4532 of 5 stars
$8.64
-0.2%
$10.00
+15.7%
-24.2%$678.67M$1.05B-24.005,700
HUBG
Hub Group
3.8266 of 5 stars
$33.43
-1.9%
$43.46
+30.0%
-15.9%$2.05B$3.86B19.666,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.5861 of 5 stars
$143.60
-1.2%
$163.15
+13.6%
-3.2%$14.24B$12.09B26.0633,646Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LSTR
Landstar System
4.1627 of 5 stars
$139.02
-0.3%
$150.38
+8.2%
-19.7%$4.86B$4.82B27.531,441Analyst Forecast
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.0486 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.2%
$19.00
+46.3%
-22.8%$1.06B$937.19M48.113,776
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.571 of 5 stars
$162.30
-0.8%
$176.35
+8.7%
-7.6%$34.30B$5.81B30.4523,500Analyst Forecast
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.4791 of 5 stars
$44.21
-1.8%
$53.13
+20.2%
-4.6%$7.16B$7.41B47.0335,300Analyst Forecast
SNDR
Schneider National
4.0325 of 5 stars
$24.19
-1.1%
$27.14
+12.2%
+10.1%$4.24B$5.37B34.5619,400
R
Ryder System
4.5155 of 5 stars
$158.84
-1.3%
$168.60
+6.1%
+41.6%$6.57B$12.64B13.8550,700Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WERN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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