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In the latest session, Werner Enterprises, Inc (NASDAQ: WERN) closed at $27.82 down -2.73% from its previous closing price of $28.60. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.59 million shares were traded. WERN stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.63 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.72.
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.
On March 07, 2025, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $33.
Susquehanna Upgraded its Negative to Neutral on January 03, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $38.
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 1722747904 and an Enterprise Value of 2420234752. As of this moment, Werner’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 50.86, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.24. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.73. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.799 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.084.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WERN is 1.07, which has changed by -0.21390224 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07455289 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 $26.50. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -22.53%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, WERN has traded an average of 866.43K shares per day and 1179970 over the past ten days. A total of 61.85M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 58.98M. Insiders hold about 4.76% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.21% stake in the company. Shares short for WERN as of 1743379200 were 3402366 with a Short Ratio of 3.93, compared to 1740700800 on 3542532. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3402366 and a Short% of Float of 7.550000399999999.
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 0.01958042The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.17. The current Payout Ratio is 102.51% for WERN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-14 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.
