BNET Industries
Market Cap:$1.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.1B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Werner Enterprises, Inc. ("Werner" or the "Company") is a transportation company engaged primarily in hauling truckload shipments of general commodities in both interstate and intrastate commerce as well as providing logistics services. Werner is one of the five largest truckload carriers in the United States and maintains its headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, near the geographic center of its service area. Werner was founded in 1956 by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Clarence L. Werner, who started the business with one truck at the age of 19. Werner completed its initial public offering in April 1986 with a fleet of 630 trucks. Werner ended 2004 with a fleet of 8,600 trucks, of which 7,675 were owned by the Company and 925 were owned and operated by owner-operators (independent contractors). The Company operates throughout the 48 contiguous states pursuant to operating authority, both common and contract, granted by the United States Department of Transportation ("DOT") and pursuant to intrastate authority granted by various states.
Number of Employees 10,792
Contact Information
14507 Frontier Rd
PO Box 45308
Omaha, Nebraska 68138-3808
1 800 228 2240
Peer Companies
NAICS Code General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload: 484121
Recent Events
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Werner Enterprises Launches Werner Global Logistics Australia
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Werner Enterprises Launches Werner Global Logistics Australia Pty. Ltd
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Werner Enterprises Joins the Special Dividend Party
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Movers roundup: Boeing downgraded, shares of Werner Enterprises hit fresh high on 3Q earnings
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Werner shares hit year-high after strong Q3 results
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Cost Cutting to the Rescue for Truckload Carriers
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Longbow Research Upgrades Werner Enterprises WERN to Buy
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Werner Enterprises Reports Second Quarter 2009 Revenues and Earnings
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Werner Enterprises Joins the Special Dividend Party
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-13
Jim Trippon submits: Werner Enterprises WERN, the Nebraska-based trucking firm, announced it will pay a special dividend of $1.25 a share in addition to its regular quarterly dividend of 5 cents a share. The $90 million special payout will be made on December 8 to shareholders of record on November...
Ten Trucking Stocks
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-14
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Stocks with the Highest Short Interest
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- 2008-08-29
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we highlight stocks in the S&P 1500 with the highest short interest as a percentage of float. Investors like to look at these names to 1) find companies that investors are extremely negative on, and 2) find companies that could see big...
Werner Enterprises to Participate in the JPMorgan Aviation & Transportation Conference
- 2008-03-07
OMAHA, Neb. -- Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one of the nation's largest truckload transportation and logistics companies, announced that it will participate in the 6th Annual JPMorgan Aviation & Transportation Conference on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in New York City, New York. At the conference, John J. Steele,...
Tuesdays Hot Stocks to Watch! February 28, 2006.
- 2006-02-28
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 February 2006-Wall Street News Alert: Tuesdays Hot Stocks to Watch! February 28, 2006C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28022006 Weston, FLA. - Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Order Logistics, Inc. (OTC: ODLG), Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:...
Werner Enterprises to Present at Bear Stearns Global Transportation Conference on May 12, 2005
- 2005-05-03
OMAHA, Neb. -- Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WERN), one of the nation's largest truckload transportation companies, will participate in a panel presentation to the investment community at the Bear Stearns Global Transportation Conference on Thursday, May 12, 2005 in New York City. The presentation by John J. Steele, Senior Vice President,...
J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Werner Enterprises Announce Joint Agreement to Sell a Portion of Werner's Ownership Interest in Transplace to J.B. Hunt
- 2002-11-15
Business Editors OMAHA, Neb.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 15, 2002 J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT) and Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WERN), two of the nation's largest truckload transportation companies, today announced that they have reached an agreement in principle to sell a portion of Werner Enterprises' Werner ownership interest in Transplace,...
BRIEFS.(News Briefs)
- 2000-04-06
Six companies form Transplace.com Six transportation companies say they hope to merge their logistics business units into a commonly owned, Internet-based global transportation logistics company. The company will be called Transplace.com. The companies are Covenant Transport Inc., J.B. Hunt Transport Services...
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