WERN — Werner Enterprises Inc

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About Werner Enterprises Inc

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-sensitiv… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$40.92
Market Cap$2.39B
Float58.7M
Shares Outstanding60.0M
P/E (Forward)36.90
Price/Sales (TTM)0.78
vs. Analyst Target-8.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-0.28%
Operating Margin (TTM)0.76%
Revenue (TTM)$3.07B
Earnings Growth (YoY)380.00%
Dividend Rate0.6%
Analyst Target Price$37.36 (15 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $2.37B $169M $461M $492M
2021 $2.73B $259M $478M $618M
2022 $3.29B $241M $522M $617M
2023 $3.28B $112M $424M $481M
2024 $3.03B $34.2M $339M $372M
2025 $2.97B -$14.4M $172M $305M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $753M $44.1M
Sep 2025 $771M -$20.6M
Dec 2025 $738M -$27.8M
Mar 2026 $809M -$4.3M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership1.3%
Institutional Ownership110.1%
Short Float3.5%
% of All Funds Holding2.65%
Number of Funds Holding218

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$34.82Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$30.84Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$31.02Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$36.79Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$31.35Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$31.54Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$36.09Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

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Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$25.30 support 1.02x 4 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (121 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.10% 0.00% 47.11% 11.80% -12.72%
1 Day -0.03% -0.09% 48.76% 12.60% -10.85%
1 Week -0.05% -0.73% 42.98% 18.63% -15.84%
2 Weeks 0.86% 0.64% 53.72% 33.82% -15.08%
1 Month -0.23% -0.84% 48.33% 26.16% -22.63%

Next earnings: July 28, 2026 (61 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.4%65.0%40
Feb-1.2%42.5%40
Mar0.9%50.0%40
Apr0.1%42.5%40
May0.4%64.1%39
Jun1.3%48.7%39
Jul1.4%47.5%40
Aug-1.6%42.5%40
Sep-1.0%50.0%40
Oct1.6%52.5%40
Nov2.0%60.0%40
Dec3.4%57.5%40

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.04% 45.8% 1897
Tuesday 0.08% 46.8% 2065
Wednesday 0.05% 46.7% 2062
Thursday 0.00% 46.3% 2022
Friday 0.09% 45.7% 2012

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 110.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 1.3%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings8
Net Value+$69,861.323
Net Shares Change2,882
% of Float0.0%
C-Suite Filings8
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
DOWNING ERIC J Exec VP and COO -$92,703.74 2 1 buy, 1 sell
LEATHERS DEREK J CEO and Chairman +$31,575.141 1 1 buy
SCHELBLE JIM S Exec VP and Chief Admin Officer +$29,652.736 1 1 buy
MEISGEIER NATHAN J President and CLO +$27,747.719 1 1 buy
JOHNSON JAMES LYNN Exec VP - Chief Acctg Officer +$25,075.285 1 1 buy
CALLAHAN CRAIG T Exec VP-Chief Commercial Offcr +$24,955.627 1 1 buy
Mahon Daragh P Executive Vice President and CIO +$23,558.555 1 1 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-12-01 – 2025-12-01 7 7 +$188,210.225 7 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2025-12-01 SCHELBLE JIM S Exec VP and Chief Admin Officer +$29,652.736 Transaction at $29.71, now +37.7%
2025-12-01 Mahon Daragh P Executive Vice President and CIO +$23,558.555 Transaction at $29.79, now +37.4%
2025-12-01 MEISGEIER NATHAN J President and CLO +$27,747.719 Transaction at $29.73, now +37.6%
2025-12-01 LEATHERS DEREK J CEO and Chairman +$31,575.141 Transaction at $29.70, now +37.8%
2025-12-01 JOHNSON JAMES LYNN Exec VP - Chief Acctg Officer +$25,075.285 Transaction at $30.45, now +34.4%
2025-12-01 DOWNING ERIC J Exec VP and COO +$25,645.162 Transaction at $29.76, now +37.5%

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