Werner Enterprises Inc
WERN Nasdaq Trucking (No Local) Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Werner Enterprises Inc does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- WERNER ENTERPRISES INC
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000793074-26-000071
0000793074
Revenue and margins
Werner Enterprises Inc had $3.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 1.8% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$68.5M in fiscal 2025, β2.3% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Werner Enterprises Inc returned $89.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 3.3%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Werner Enterprises Inc can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $54.2M | $107M | $61.7M | $40.8M | $59.9M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $428M | $694M | $649M | $650M | $752M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.8x | 2.4x |
| Debt / equity | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | 69.9x | 27.3x | 5.3x | 1.7x | 0.3x |
| Current ratio | 2.3x | 2.5x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.9x |
| Quick ratio | 2.3x | 2.4x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.9x |
| Total assets | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.2B | $3.1B | $2.9B |
| Total liabilities | $1.2B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.4B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $373M | $587M | $587M | $609M | $692M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 7 | 5 / 7 | 5 / 7 | 6 / 7 | 6 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β12.9% | β4.4% | β12.8% | β12.3% | β12.9% | β3.1% | β7.3% | β11.6% | β9.5% | β6.6% |
| Altman Z'' | 4.33 | 5.43 | 5.02 | 4.29 | 4.74 | 4.92 | 4.57 | 4.03 | 3.61 | 3.81 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.7B | $3.3B | $3.3B | $3.0B | $3.0B |
| Operating income | $126M | $144M | $224M | $225M | $227M | $309M | $323M | $176M | $66.1M | $11.7M |
| Interest expense | $2.6M | $2.2M | $2.7M | $6.9M | $4.2M | $4.4M | $11.8M | $33.5M | $39.2M | $39.1M |
| Pretax income | $127M | $145M | $224M | $222M | $225M | $346M | $325M | $148M | $42.5M | β$20.8M |
| Income tax | $48.3M | β$58.3M | $55.7M | $55.0M | $55.6M | $84.5M | $79.2M | $35.5M | $8.9M | $2.2M |
| Net income | $79.1M | $203M | $168M | $167M | $169M | $259M | $241M | $112M | $34.2M | β$14.4M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.09 | $2.80 | $2.33 | $2.38 | $2.44 | $3.82 | $3.74 | $1.76 | $0.55 | β$0.24 |
| Diluted shares | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $310M | $283M | $418M | $427M | $446M | $333M | $449M | $474M | $330M | $182M |
| Capital expenditure | $538M | $316M | $520M | $421M | $413M | $371M | $507M | $599M | $414M | $250M |
| Free cash flow | β$228M | β$33.5M | β$102M | $5.9M | $32.8M | β$38.0M | β$58.5M | β$124M | β$84.1M | β$68.5M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $210M | $218M | $230M | $250M | $263M | $266M | $274M | $289M | $280M | $276M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.4M | $4.5M | $7.4M | $8.1M | $8.9M | $10.8M | $12.5M | $11.9M | $8.9M | $10.7M |
| Acquisitions | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $202M | $184M | $0.2M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $72.2M | $42.3M | $56.5M | $104M | $110M | $0.0M | $67.1M | $55.6M |
| Dividends paid | $17.3M | $18.8M | $23.0M | $286M | $24.9M | $29.1M | $32.2M | $34.2M | $35.1M | $34.1M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $17.3M | $18.8M | $95.2M | $328M | $81.4M | $134M | $143M | $34.2M | $102M | $89.6M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $17.0M | $13.6M | $33.9M | $26.4M | $29.3M | $54.2M | $107M | $61.7M | $40.8M | $59.9M |
| Total debt | β | β | β | β | $200M | $428M | $694M | $649M | $650M | $752M |
| Current assets | $373M | $400M | $457M | $466M | $457M | $631M | $763M | $635M | $542M | $613M |
| Current liabilities | $215M | $232M | $310M | $309M | $274M | $269M | $310M | $331M | $356M | $315M |
| Inventory | $12.8M | $11.7M | $10.1M | $9.2M | $12.1M | $11.1M | $14.5M | $18.1M | $14.2M | $12.1M |
| Property and equipment, net | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $1.8B |
| Goodwill | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $74.6M | $133M | $129M | $129M | $129M |
| Intangible assets | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $55.3M | $81.5M | $86.5M | $76.4M | $44.6M |
| Total assets | $1.8B | $1.8B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.2B | $3.1B | $2.9B |
| Total liabilities | $798M | $623M | $819M | $1.0B | $962M | $1.2B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $995M | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.4B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 11.3% | 9.8% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 0.4% |
| EBITDA margin | 16.7% | 17.1% | 18.5% | 19.3% | 20.7% | 21.0% | 18.1% | 14.2% | 11.4% | 9.7% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 9.6% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 1.1% | β0.5% |
| FCF margin | β11.4% | β1.6% | β4.1% | 0.2% | 1.4% | β1.4% | β1.8% | β3.8% | β2.8% | β2.3% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | 12.5% | 13.7% | 12.0% | 6.3% | 2.5% | 0.4% |
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 9.1% | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 11.6% | 6.2% | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| Return on equity | 8.0% | 18.6% | 13.7% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 20.5% | 17.4% | 7.6% | 2.3% | β1.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 10.9% | 8.5% | 3.6% | 1.1% | β0.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 8.0% | 17.1% | 13.3% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 21.6% | 19.6% | 8.6% | 2.7% | β1.2% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 5.4% | 16.1% | 0.2% | β3.7% | 15.3% | 20.3% | β0.2% | β7.7% | β1.8% |
| Net income growth | β | 156.4% | β17.1% | β0.7% | 1.3% | 53.2% | β6.9% | β53.4% | β69.5% | β142.1% |
| EPS growth | β | 156.9% | β16.8% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 56.6% | β2.1% | β52.9% | β68.8% | β143.6% |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | 457.1% | β215.8% | β | β | β | β |
| Share count change | β | 0.2% | β0.7% | β2.8% | β0.9% | β2.3% | β4.8% | β1.3% | β1.7% | β3.3% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | β | 0.3x | 0.6x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.8x | 2.4x |
| Debt / equity | β | β | β | β | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | 48.9x | 64.1x | 83.2x | 32.9x | 54.0x | 69.9x | 27.3x | 5.3x | 1.7x | 0.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.7x | 2.3x | 2.5x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.9x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 2.3x | 2.4x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.9x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 26.8% | 14.9% | 21.2% | 17.1% | 17.4% | 13.6% | 15.4% | 18.2% | 13.7% | 8.4% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | 5,571.4% | 247.9% | β | β | β | β | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Accruals ratio | β12.9% | β4.4% | β12.8% | β12.3% | β12.9% | β3.1% | β7.3% | β11.6% | β9.5% | β6.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000793074). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.