Werner Enterprises, Inc.
WERN Industrials Trucking
Werner Enterprises, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.0 billion, down 1.84% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.0%, EPS fell 84.7%, free cash flow grew 581.6% and total debt rose 12.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
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Werner Enterprises, Inc. (WERN) Altman Z-score
Werner Enterprises, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 2.81, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.81 | (0.07) |
| FY2024 | 2.88 | (0.32) |
| FY2023 | 3.19 | (0.17) |
| FY2022 | 3.37 | (0.65) |
| FY2021 | 4.02 | (0.16) |
| FY2020 | 4.17 | 0.27 |
| FY2019 | 3.90 | (0.22) |
| FY2018 | 4.12 | (1.09) |
| FY2017 | 5.22 | 1.45 |
| FY2016 | 3.77 | (0.58) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.10 | — | 0.12 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.66 | — | 0.92 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.19 | — | 0.72 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.03 | — | 1.03 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.81 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 3.79 | ||
Z and Z″ put Werner Enterprises, Inc. in different zones: grey zone by Z, safe zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| SAIA Saia, Inc. compare | 8.0× |
| MRTN Marten Transport, Ltd. compare | 5.2× |
| ARCB ArcBest Corporation compare | 3.5× |
| SNDR Schneider National, Inc. compare | 3.4× |
| WERN Werner Enterprises, Inc. | 2.8× |
| HTLD Heartland Express, Inc. compare | 2.6× |
| RXO RXO INC compare | 2.3× |
| CVLG Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. compare | 2.1× |
| ULH Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. compare | 1.4× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets