The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

WERN

Concerning the House

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, Canada, and internationally. The company operates a fleet of medium-to-long-haul vans that transport various consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities using dry van trailers; the expedited fleet, which provides time-sensitive truckload services using driver teams; a regional short-haul fleet for truckload van service; and temperature-controlled fleet, which offers truckload services for temperature-sensitive products using temperature-controlled trailers to retail distribution center or manufacturing facility, utilizing either dry van or specialized trailers. It also provides non-asset-based transportation and logistics services, comprising truckload logistics, which uses contracted carriers to complete shipments for brokerage customers and freight management customers, which it offers logistics management services and solutions; intermodal, which offers rail transportation through alliances with rail and drayage providers as an alternative to truck transportation; and werner final mile offers residential and commercial deliveries of large or heavy items using third-party agents and independent contractors. In addition, the company sells used trucks and trailers; and trades used trucks to original equipment manufacturers. It transports retail store merchandise, consumer products, food and beverage products and manufactured products. As of December 31, 2025, it had a fleet of 7,100 trucks, which included 6,785 that were company-operated, as well as 315 owned and operated by independent contractors; 28,780 trailers that comprised dry vans, flatbeds, and temperature-controlled, and other trailers; and 27 drayage company trucks and 170 Final Mile delivery trucks. Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

United States · www.werner.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$3.20B+3.9%
Operating income$176.42M+3.0%
Net income-$14.40M+3.7%
Cash from ops$181.83M-2.3%
Quotation

$37.85

+1.42 (+3.9%)

52w hi$47.29
52w lo$22.87
Vol811.12K
As ofAug 12
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.04

Short+0.23
Medium+0.07
Long-0.37

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

Industrials · Trucking

Market cap$2.27B
Enterprise value$3.10B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E17.33x
EV / EBITDA9.06x
P / S (ttm)0.70x
Profit margin-1.4%
Return on equity-3.9%
Revenue growth+24.0%
Earnings growth-85.3%
Debt / equity68.38
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.86
Corr SPX0.38
Annual vol37.2%
Annual ret+8.3%
Sharpe0.22
Max DD-44.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.01
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.15
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 12$36.59$38.11$36.35$37.85811.12K
Aug 11$36.69$37.00$35.61$36.431.25M
Aug 10$37.61$38.31$36.64$36.68928.00K
Aug 7$37.19$38.05$36.83$37.51597.80K
Aug 6$37.91$38.25$36.85$36.87684.40K