How to buy Werner Enterprises stock (WERN)

Werner Enterprises is a trucking business based in the US. Werner Enterprises shares (WERN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $38.18 – an increase of 1.89% over the previous week. Werner Enterprises employs 13,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.2 billion.

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Werner Enterprises stock price (NASDAQ: WERN)

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Werner Enterprises shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-10-25.

Latest market close	$38.18
52-week range	$32.86 - $42.62
50-day moving average more info button	$37.08
200-day moving average more info button	$37.61
Wall St. target price	$36.93
PE ratio more info button	37.3939
Dividend yield more info button	$0.56 (1.49%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.99

Is it a good time to buy Werner Enterprises stock?

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Werner Enterprises price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $38.18 from 2024-10-28

1 week (2024-10-22)	1.27%
1 month (2024-09-30)	-1.06%
3 months (2024-07-30)	-5.59%
6 months (2024-04-30)	11.64%

1 year (2023-10-30)	4.83%
2 years (2022-10-27)	-0.31%
3 years (2021-10-29)	45.32
5 years (2019-10-30)	3.69%

Is Werner Enterprises stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Werner Enterprises stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Werner Enterprises's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Werner Enterprises's P/E ratio

Werner Enterprises's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 37x. In other words, Werner Enterprises shares trade at around 37x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Werner Enterprises's PEG ratio

Werner Enterprises's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.07. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Werner Enterprises's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Werner Enterprises's EBITDA

Werner Enterprises's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $387.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Werner Enterprises's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Werner Enterprises financials

Revenue TTM	$3.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	2.37%
Gross profit TTM	$785.7 million
Return on assets TTM	1.82%
Return on equity TTM	4.11%
Profit margin	1.99%
Book value	$23.54
Market Capitalization more info button	$2.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Werner Enterprises share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 50% of net profits

Recently Werner Enterprises has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Werner Enterprises shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Werner Enterprises's case, that would currently equate to about $0.56 per share.

Werner Enterprises's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Werner Enterprises's most recent dividend payout was on 22 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Werner Enterprises's shares ever split?

Werner Enterprises's shares were split on a 5:4 basis on 30 September 2003 . So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Werner Enterprises shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 20% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Werner Enterprises shares which in turn could have impacted Werner Enterprises's share price.

Werner Enterprises share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Werner Enterprises's shares have ranged in value from as little as $32.8627 up to $42.6219. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Werner Enterprises's is 0.794. This would suggest that Werner Enterprises's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Werner Enterprises overview

Werner Enterprises, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, engages in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in interstate and intrastate commerce in the United States, Mexico, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Truckload Transportation Services and Werner Logistics. The Truckload Transportation Services segment operates a fleet of medium-to-long-haul vans that transports various consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities using dry van trailers; the expedited fleet, which offers time-sensitive truckload services using driver teams; a regional short-haul fleet that provides truckload van service in the United States; and temperature-controlled fleet, which offers truckload services for temperature-sensitive products using temperature-controlled trailers. This segment provides truckload services to retail distribution centers or manufacturing facilities using dry vans or trailers to transport retail store merchandise, consumer products, food and beverage products, and manufactured products. As of December 31, 2023, it had a fleet of 8,000 trucks, which included 7,740 company-operated, as well as 260 owned and operated by independent contractors; and 30,810 trailers that comprised dry vans, flatbeds, temperature-controlled, and other trailers. The Werner Logistics segment provides non-asset-based transportation and logistics services, including truck brokerage; logistics management services and solutions; rail transportation through alliances with rail and drayage providers; and residential and commercial deliveries of large or heavy items using liftgate straight trucks.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Werner Enterprises is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 4.242% of Werner Enterprises shares are held by insiders and 94.941% by institutions. How many people work for Werner Enterprises?
Latest data suggests 13,000 work at Werner Enterprises. When does the fiscal year end for Werner Enterprises?
Werner Enterprises's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Werner Enterprises based?
Werner Enterprises's address is: 14507 Frontier Road, Omaha, NE, United States, 68145-0308 What is Werner Enterprises's ISIN number?
Werner Enterprises's international securities identification number is: US9507551086 What is Werner Enterprises's CUSIP number?
Werner Enterprises's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 950755108