With 0.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.97 million shares. The 52-week range on WERN shows that it touched its highest point at $42.48 and its lowest point at $23.02 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.29. With its current market cap of 1.64 billion, WERN has annualized dividend of $0.56 while the current yield stands at 2.12%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.07.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WERN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.06%, but this was down by -2.73% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.78% while six-month performance fell -29.21%. The stock lost -28.51% in the past year, while it has lost -26.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WERN yields 0.29 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.32. For the next quarter, that number is 0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of -34.96% for this year and 282.63% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 62.18% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -25.52%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 61.92 million WERN shares are outstanding with a float of 58.98 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WERN since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.69067 being high and $0.65005 being low. For WERN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.67036.
