Werner Enterprises, Inc.

NasdaqGS:WERN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.4b

Werner Enterprises Valuation

Is WERN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WERN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WERN ($38.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($91.54)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WERN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WERN?

Key metric: As WERN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WERN. This is calculated by dividing WERN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WERN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio52.5x
EarningsUS$45.92m
Market CapUS$2.43b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WERN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WERN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.9x
ARCB ArcBest
12.9x3.3%US$2.5b
MRTN Marten Transport
40.1x19.5%US$1.4b
ULH Universal Logistics Holdings
9.6x-6.7%US$1.3b
SNDR Schneider National
48.8x42.6%US$5.4b
WERN Werner Enterprises
52.5x54.0%US$2.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WERN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.5x) compared to the peer average (27.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WERN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Transportation Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
WERN 52.5xIndustry Avg. 31.3xNo. of Companies4PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WERN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.5x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (31.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WERN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WERN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio52.5x
Fair PE Ratio30.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WERN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WERN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$38.97
US$36.47
-6.4%
15.1%US$52.00US$28.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$37.54
US$36.00
-4.1%
15.4%US$52.00US$28.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$37.49
US$37.86
+1.0%
16.2%US$56.00US$30.00n/a14
Sep ’25US$36.96
US$37.57
+1.7%
17.4%US$56.00US$26.00n/a14
Aug ’25US$38.32
US$38.33
+0.03%
17.2%US$56.00US$26.00n/a15
Jul ’25US$35.43
US$38.73
+9.3%
17.0%US$57.00US$27.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$37.57
US$39.29
+4.6%
15.7%US$57.00US$31.00n/a14
May ’25US$35.17
US$39.86
+13.3%
16.4%US$57.00US$31.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$38.56
US$43.00
+11.5%
13.7%US$59.00US$35.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$38.98
US$43.40
+11.3%
12.4%US$59.00US$36.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$39.49
US$43.81
+10.9%
12.8%US$60.00US$36.00n/a16
Jan ’25US$42.37
US$42.44
+0.2%
14.0%US$61.00US$36.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$40.94
US$42.44
+3.7%
14.0%US$61.00US$36.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$35.99
US$45.73
+27.1%
13.1%US$62.00US$37.00US$37.5415
Oct ’24US$38.95
US$50.50
+29.7%
8.8%US$62.00US$42.00US$37.4916
Sep ’24US$41.47
US$50.94
+22.8%
7.8%US$62.00US$46.00US$36.9617
Aug ’24US$46.37
US$49.94
+7.7%
10.7%US$65.00US$42.00US$38.3217
Jul ’24US$44.18
US$50.41
+14.1%
11.3%US$66.00US$41.00US$35.4317
Jun ’24US$44.31
US$50.29
+13.5%
11.6%US$66.00US$41.00US$37.5717
May ’24US$46.21
US$51.69
+11.9%
12.7%US$68.00US$41.00US$35.1716
Apr ’24US$45.49
US$52.13
+14.6%
13.0%US$68.00US$39.00US$38.5616
Mar ’24US$46.27
US$52.13
+12.7%
13.0%US$68.00US$39.00US$38.9816
Feb ’24US$48.43
US$47.56
-1.8%
15.3%US$68.00US$36.00US$39.4916
Jan ’24US$40.26
US$46.58
+15.7%
18.3%US$68.00US$36.00US$42.3712
Dec ’23US$44.01
US$47.27
+7.4%
18.2%US$68.00US$35.00US$40.9411
Nov ’23US$39.90
US$46.25
+15.9%
18.3%US$73.00US$35.00US$35.9916

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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