Werner Enterprises Inc. Common Stock (WERN)

FairStock Score: 34/100 — RISKY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look at Werner as a commodity truckload carrier, with 14,500 employees, a large van fleet, and little pricing power. In commodity businesses, scale helps but rarely creates a durable moat. The filed numbers show the cycle has hurt: fiscal 2025, ended 2025-12-31, revenue was $2.9B, net income was -$14.4M, and diluted EPS was -$0.24, versus fiscal 2024 revenue of $3.0B, net income of $34.2M, and EPS of $0.55, and fiscal 2023 net income of $112.4M. The latest quarter, fiscal Q2 2026 ended 2026-06-30, showed revenue of $914.3M and net income of $6.3M, or $0.11 per diluted share, a small profit after fiscal Q1 2026 net loss of $4.3M. FairStock’s price-based metrics at the 2026-10-13 close of $32.20 show P/B of 1.42, a negative P/E of -42.37, ROE of -3.91%, ROCE of 0.85%, and FCF yield of 2.8%. Debt/equity is 0.68, and Altman Z of 1.89 is not robust, though Piotroski of 7/9 suggests some improvement. EV/EBITDA of 9.65 is not a bargain for a cyclical carrier with weak returns. The 1.57% dividend is modest. Lynch’s computed category is TURNAROUND, a loss in the latest year after earlier profits, and FairStock Score is 34/100. A Graham investor would want a larger discount to asset value or normalized earnings; a Buffett investor would want evidence of durable pricing power. I see a possible cyclical recovery, but not enough margin of safety or business quality to excite me at this price.

In plain English: Werner Enterprises is a trucking company that moves freight across North America with a large fleet and about 14,500 employees. It lost money in its latest full year and earns very thin profits now, though the most recent quarter showed a small profit. At $32.20, the shares do not look clearly cheap because profits are weak and the business uses a lot of costly equipment.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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