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The price of Werner Enterprises, Inc (NASDAQ: WERN) closed at $29.55 in the last session, up 5.12% from day before closing price of $28.11. In other words, the price has increased by $5.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.9 million shares were traded. WERN stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.34.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at WERN’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.63 and its Current Ratio is at 1.67. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.54 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.53.
On June 02, 2025, Goldman Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Sell but kept the price unchanged to $39.
TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on April 30, 2025, while the target price for the stock was revised from $33 to $30.
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 1767985280 and an Enterprise Value of 2528947968. As of this moment, Werner’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.50, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.01. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.60. 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 1.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.853 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.194.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WERN is 1.09, which has changed by -0.20841146 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1513431 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 $23.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.37%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.79%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, WERN traded on average about 904.05K shares per day over the past 3-months and 864020 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 59.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 58.80M. Insiders hold about 1.72% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.55% stake in the company. Shares short for WERN as of 1753920000 were 4030463 with a Short Ratio of 4.46, compared to 1751241600 on 4995941. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4030463 and a Short% of Float of 9.379999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for WERN is 0.56, which was 0.56 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.019921737The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.25. The current Payout Ratio is 102.51% for WERN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-07 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-10-06. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-10-01 when the company split stock in a 5:4 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 15.0 analysts analyze and rate the current performance of Werner Enterprises, Inc (WERN) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.23, with high estimates of $0.29 and low estimates of $0.11.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.45 and $0.28 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.37. EPS for the following year is $1.16, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $1.6 and $0.85.
Revenue Estimates
According to 13 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $764.19M. It ranges from a high estimate of $772M to a low estimate of $754.5M. As of the current estimate, Werner Enterprises, Inc’s year-ago sales were $745.7MFor the next quarter, 13 analysts are estimating revenue of $776.77M. There is a high estimate of $787.02M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $763M.
A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WERN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.07B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.98B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.01B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.03BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.18B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.25B and the low estimate is $3.08B.
