Werner Enterprises (WERN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Werner Enterprises (WERN) posted Return on Capital Employed of 0.83% for Q1 2026, up 86.05% sequentially from 0.45% in Q4 2025, and down 83.0% YoY from 4.88% in Q1 2025.
Werner Enterprises (WERN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Werner Enterprises has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.83% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 83.0% year-over-year to 0.83% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.83% (down 83.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.44%, down 197.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed rose to 0.83% in Q1 2026 per WERN's latest filing, from 0.45% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 14.41% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.45% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 6.55% and a median of 4.94% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed jumped 59 bps in 2022, then slumped 591 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.11% in 2022, then tumbled by 49 bps to 6.2% in 2023, then plunged by 61 bps to 2.42% in 2024, then tumbled by 82 bps to 0.45% in 2025, then surged by 86 bps to 0.83% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 0.83%, 0.45%, and 2.35% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.02% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.83% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.45% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.35% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.47% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.66% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.05% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.94% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.20% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.04% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.49% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.45% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.11% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.06% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.41% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.60% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.46% |