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Werner Enterprises (Werner Enterprises) Interest Coverage

: 4.30 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Werner Enterprises's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $38 Mil. Werner Enterprises's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9 Mil. Werner Enterprises's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.30. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

WERN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.26   Med: 59.04   Max: 181.71
Current: 5.26


WERN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
52.39% of 815 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.61 vs WERN: 5.26

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Werner Enterprises Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Werner Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.90 53.96 69.90 27.31 5.26

Werner Enterprises Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.18 6.74 5.80 4.38 4.30

Competitive Comparison

For the Trucking subindustry, Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Werner Enterprises Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage falls into.



Werner Enterprises Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Werner Enterprises's Interest Expense was $-34 Mil. Its Operating Income was $176 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $646 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*176.416/-33.535
=5.26

Werner Enterprises's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Werner Enterprises's Interest Expense was $-9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $646 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*37.932/-8.819
=4.30

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Werner Enterprises  (NAS:WERN) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Werner Enterprises (Werner Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14507 Frontier Road, Post Office Box 45308, Omaha, NE, USA, 68145-0308
Werner Enterprises Inc ranks among the top five full-truckload carriers by revenue, with a fleet of more than 7,800 tractors, including owner-operators. The company has two reportable segments - TTS and Werner Logistics. It derives about 80% of its top line from a wide array of full-truckload shipping services (including dedicated contract carriage; roughly 20% comes from non-asset based logistics operations, including truck brokerage.
Executives
Michelle D. Greene director 1141 N. OLD WORLD 3RD STREET, UNIT # 2414, MILWAUKEE WI 53203
Christopher D Wikoff officer: Exec VP - Treasurer & CFO P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Eric J Downing officer: Exec VP and COO P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Carmen A Tapio director P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Michelle Dye Livingstone director P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Scott C Arves director SCHNEIDER NATIONAL, INC., P.O. BOX 2545, GREEN BAY WI 54306
Alexi Wellman director ALTABA, 140 E 45TH STREET, 15TH FLOOR, SUITE 15A, NEW YORK NY 10017
Vikram Mansharamani director P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Jim S Schelbe officer: Vice President - Sales C/O WERNER ENTERPRISES INC, PO BO X45308, OMAHA NE 68415-0308
H Marty Nordlund officer: Senior VP-Specialized Services PO BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145-0308
Derek J Leathers officer: Senior VP - Van PO BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145-0308
Craig T Callahan officer: VP Logistics & Corporate Sales P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Clarence L Werner director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer PO BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
Daragh P Mahon officer: Executive Vice President & CIO P.O. BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145
James Lynn Johnson officer: Vice President - Controller PO BOX 45308, OMAHA NE 68145-0308