Werner Enterprises (WERN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer ARCB or WERN?

ArcBest presently has a consensus price target of $93.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.28%. Werner Enterprises has a consensus price target of $30.27, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARCB or WERN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArcBest	$4.11B	0.46	$173.96M	$7.56	10.98
Werner Enterprises	$3.03B	0.59	$34.23M	$0.29	100.53

Which has more risk and volatility, ARCB or WERN?

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

Is ARCB or WERN a better dividend stock?

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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARCB or WERN?

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

Is ARCB or WERN more profitable?

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
ArcBest	4.37%	10.05%	5.35%
Werner Enterprises	0.60%	1.20%	0.57%

Does the media refer more to ARCB or WERN?

In the previous week, ArcBest had 5 more articles in the media than Werner Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ArcBest and 7 mentions for Werner Enterprises. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 0.77 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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