WERN Industrials

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

$28.61-0.07%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 1, 2026

Basics

Sector: Industrials
Industry: Trucking
Country: United States
Market cap: 1.7B USD
Enterprise value: 2.7B USD
Full-time employees: 14,500

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.27 vs a peer median of 0.64)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.27 vs peers 0.64)
About average: valuation

Ranks #1,992 of 2,308 industrials companies (bottom 14%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.
Werner Enterprises made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.
Operating margin at a 6-year low. 0.4% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.
Werner Enterprises's operating margin fell to 0.4% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.
Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.
Werner Enterprises's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 70% of peers on operating cash profit (EBITDA), but only 0% on earnings.Cheaper than 70% of peers on operating cash profit, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its operating cash profit (EBITDA), Werner Enterprises looks cheaper than 70% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.Relative to its operating cash profit, Werner Enterprises looks cheaper than 70% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

StockQuotient Score

28/ 100▲ 1 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 27 → Nov 4 28 (+1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

48/100

Moderate▲ 2 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 46 → 48

Share price -2.6%+1
Peer companies moved+1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ EBITDA yield
▼ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-2.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.28Sector median: 0.0377 · MAD: 0.0294

EBITDA yield10.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.83Sector median: 0.0695 · MAD: 0.0425

Free cash flow yield3.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.16Sector median: 0.0370 · MAD: 0.0370

Other data (not scored)

Book yield79.0%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5027 · MAD: 0.2823

Growth

Is it growing?

27/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 5.9%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth
▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Earnings per share turned from a profit to a loss33% base weight · Z-score -2.21Sector median: 0.0709 · MAD: 0.2481

3-year revenue growth-0.8%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.80Sector median: 0.0421 · MAD: 0.0625

Revenue growth9.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.69Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0766

Profitability

Does it earn well?

13/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Free cash flow turned positive over the last 12 months

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-0.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.69Sector median: 0.0773 · MAD: 0.0507

Return on assets-1.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.90Sector median: 0.0311 · MAD: 0.0241

Return on invested capital-1.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.47Sector median: 0.0715 · MAD: 0.0558

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin19.0%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.2573 · MAD: 0.1038

Return on equity-3.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0802 · MAD: 0.0639

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.27

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.29Sector median: 0.6440 · MAD: 0.2745

Current ratio1.45×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.32Sector median: 1.6180 · MAD: 0.5360

Debt / equity0.58×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.54Sector median: 0.4019 · MAD: 0.3378

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Werner Enterprises

Is Werner Enterprises getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 7, 2026) got stronger: free cash flow turned positive over the last 12 months. Its overall score is 28/100, up 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Werner Enterprises valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 48/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. EBITDA yield 10.5% vs a peer median of 6.9% (stronger than 70% of peers).EBITDA yield 10.5% vs peers 6.9% (stronger than 70% of peers). Earnings yield -2.7% vs a peer median of 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -2.7% vs peers 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Werner Enterprises growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 27/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Revenue growth 9.6% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 69% of peers).Revenue growth 9.6% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 69% of peers). 3-year revenue growth -0.8% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 71% of peers).3-year revenue growth -0.8% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 71% of peers).
How profitable is Werner Enterprises?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 13/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Return on assets -1.5% vs a peer median of 3.1% (weaker than 88% of peers).Return on assets -1.5% vs peers 3.1% (weaker than 88% of peers).
How risky is Werner Enterprises?: Higher risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.27 vs a peer median of 0.64 (weaker than 87% of peers).Beta 1.27 vs peers 0.64 (weaker than 87% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 7, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Got stronger

Free cash flow turned positive over the last 12 months

Worth watching: Werner Enterprises is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	3.1B USD	3.3B USD	+5.9%
Net income (12 months)	−8.6M USD	−46.3M USD	+440.4%
Operating margin	0.7%	-0.9%	−1.6 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	−43.7M USD	53.4M USD	turned positive
Debt	878.2M USD	793.0M USD	−9.7%
Cash	61.5M USD	57.0M USD	−7.3%
Shares outstanding	60.0M	60.0M	+0.0%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Industrials · 318 companies

Valuations in Industrials are near the top of their range since 2016.

85% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
41% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +20% and earnings +14% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −24% vs the whole market, against a usual −31%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Industrials: too few Trucking companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Operating margin	11.3%	9.8%	5.4%	2.2%	0.4%	▼ 1.8 pts
Net margin	9.5%	7.3%	3.4%	1.1%	-0.5%	▼ 1.6 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	9.9%	7.8%	3.6%	1.1%	-0.5%	▼ 1.6 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	19.5%	16.7%	7.4%	2.4%	-1.1%	▼ 3.4 pts
Free cash flow margin	-1.4%	-1.8%	-3.8%	-2.8%	-2.3%	▲ 0.5 pts
Current ratio	2.35×	2.46×	1.92×	1.52×	1.95×	▲ 28%
Quick ratio	2.31×	2.42×	1.87×	1.48×	1.91×	▲ 29%
Debt to equity	0.32×	0.48×	0.42×	0.45×	0.55×	▲ 24%
Interest coverage	69.90×	27.31×	5.26×	1.69×	0.30×	▼ 82%

WERN price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.27 vs a peer median of 0.64)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.27 vs peers 0.64)

About average: valuation

Ranks #1,992 of 2,308 industrials companies (bottom 14%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.

Werner Enterprises made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.

Operating margin at a 6-year low. 0.4% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.

Werner Enterprises's operating margin fell to 0.4% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.

Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.

Werner Enterprises's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 70% of peers on operating cash profit (EBITDA), but only 0% on earnings.Cheaper than 70% of peers on operating cash profit, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its operating cash profit (EBITDA), Werner Enterprises looks cheaper than 70% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.Relative to its operating cash profit, Werner Enterprises looks cheaper than 70% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Questions investors ask about Werner Enterprises

Is Werner Enterprises getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 7, 2026) got stronger: free cash flow turned positive over the last 12 months. Its overall score is 28/100, up 1 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Werner Enterprises valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 48/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. EBITDA yield 10.5% vs a peer median of 6.9% (stronger than 70% of peers).EBITDA yield 10.5% vs peers 6.9% (stronger than 70% of peers). Earnings yield -2.7% vs a peer median of 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -2.7% vs peers 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Werner Enterprises growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 27/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Revenue growth 9.6% vs a peer median of 4.4% (stronger than 69% of peers).Revenue growth 9.6% vs peers 4.4% (stronger than 69% of peers). 3-year revenue growth -0.8% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 71% of peers).3-year revenue growth -0.8% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 71% of peers).

How profitable is Werner Enterprises?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 13/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Return on assets -1.5% vs a peer median of 3.1% (weaker than 88% of peers).Return on assets -1.5% vs peers 3.1% (weaker than 88% of peers).

How risky is Werner Enterprises?

Higher risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.27 vs a peer median of 0.64 (weaker than 87% of peers).Beta 1.27 vs peers 0.64 (weaker than 87% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

3.1B USD

3.3B USD

+5.9%

Net income (12 months)

−8.6M USD

−46.3M USD

+440.4%

Operating margin

0.7%

-0.9%

−1.6 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

−43.7M USD

53.4M USD

turned positive

Debt

878.2M USD

793.0M USD

−9.7%

Cash

61.5M USD

57.0M USD

−7.3%

Shares outstanding

60.0M

60.0M

+0.0%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Operating margin

11.3%

9.8%

5.4%

2.2%

0.4%

▼ 1.8 pts

Net margin

9.5%

7.3%

3.4%

1.1%

-0.5%

▼ 1.6 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

9.9%

7.8%

3.6%

1.1%

-0.5%

▼ 1.6 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

19.5%

16.7%

7.4%

2.4%

-1.1%

▼ 3.4 pts

Free cash flow margin

-1.4%

-1.8%

-3.8%

-2.8%

-2.3%

▲ 0.5 pts

Current ratio

2.35×

2.46×

1.92×

1.52×

1.95×

▲ 28%

Quick ratio

2.31×

2.42×

1.87×

1.48×

1.91×

▲ 29%

Debt to equity

0.32×

0.48×

0.42×

0.45×

0.55×

▲ 24%

Interest coverage

69.90×

27.31×

5.26×

1.69×

0.30×

▼ 82%