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In the latest session, Werner Enterprises, Inc (NASDAQ: WERN) closed at $29.46 down -1.31% from its previous closing price of $29.85. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.75 million shares were traded. WERN stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.2 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.26.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Werner Enterprises, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.48 and its Current Ratio is at 1.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.48 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.46.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Deutsche Bank on March 07, 2025, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $33.
On January 03, 2025, Susquehanna Upgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Negative but kept the price unchanged to $38.
TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on October 30, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $40 to $41.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WERN now has a Market Capitalization of 1822754944 and an Enterprise Value of 2521705216. As of this moment, Werner’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 53.86, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.97. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.60 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.832 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.381.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WERN is 1.06, which has changed by -0.21960264 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WERN has reached a high of $42.48, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $29.62. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -14.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -19.85%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, WERN has traded an average of 731.43K shares per day and 988050 over the past ten days. A total of 61.85M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 58.92M. Insiders hold about 4.77% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.33% stake in the company. Shares short for WERN as of 1740700800 were 3542532 with a Short Ratio of 4.84, compared to 1738281600 on 4103294. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3542532 and a Short% of Float of 7.630000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for WERN is 0.56, from 0.56 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.018760469The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.15. The current Payout Ratio is 102.51% for WERN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-02 with an ex-dividend date of 1744588800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-10-01 when the company split stock in a 5:4 ratio.
