Werner Enterprises has retired 24.9% of its shares since 2001, from 79,821,705 to 59,977,156.
At $32.81 a share, a market value of $2.0B. P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-02-29 | 78,403,372 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-02-28 | 78,482,537 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-02-28 | 79,821,705 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-01-31 | 79,695,046 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-29 | 79,544,652 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-02-10 | 79,396,187 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-06-30 | 79,764,809 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-09 | 75,350,132 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-15 | 70,630,511 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-17 | 71,576,367 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 71,896,512 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-16 | 72,721,281 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-15 | 72,856,851 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-15 | 73,265,324 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-19 | 72,827,329 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-19 | 72,087,926 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-18 | 72,042,271 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 72,192,743 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-16 | 72,452,452 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-11 | 70,488,102 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-10 | 69,350,761 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-08 | 68,009,648 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-07 | 65,803,101 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-09 | 63,248,905 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-09 | 63,468,690 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-07 | 61,872,209 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-06 | 59,869,405 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Werner Enterprises on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $32.81.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 59,977,156 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.3%.
Net of every new share it issued, Werner Enterprises has 19.8 million fewer shares than at its 2001 peak. That is 24.9% of the company.
59,977,156 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2001 peak it had 79,821,705.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Werner Enterprises stock in 2001 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Werner Enterprises ranks No. 329 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Paycom Software (25.3%), Morningstar (25.2%), Minerals Technologies (24.8%), Hexcel (24.6%).
Every answer is computed from Werner Enterprises' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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