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Werner Enterprises Debt-to-Equity

: 0.17 (As of Dec. 2020)
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Werner Enterprises's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $25 Mil. Werner Enterprises's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $175 Mil. Werner Enterprises's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $1,195 Mil. Werner Enterprises's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 0.17.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

NAS:WERN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.13   Max: 2.48
Current: 0.17
0.01
2.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Werner Enterprises was 2.48. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.13.

NAS:WERN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked higher than
84% of the 866 Companies
in the Transportation industry.

( Industry Median: 0.67 vs. NAS:WERN: 0.17 )

Werner Enterprises Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Werner Enterprises Annual Data
Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.08 0.10 0.27 0.17

Werner Enterprises Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
Debt-to-Equity 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 0.27 0.23 0.15 0.15 0.17
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Werner Enterprises Debt-to-Equity Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Werner Enterprises's Debt-to-Equity falls into.


Werner Enterprises Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Werner Enterprises's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt to Equity=Total Debt / Total Stockholders Equity
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Total Stockholders Equity
=(25 + 175) / 1195.04
=0.17

Werner Enterprises's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt to Equity=Total Debt / Total Stockholders Equity
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Total Stockholders Equity
=(25 + 175) / 1195.04
=0.17

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Werner Enterprises  (NAS:WERN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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