WERN (Werner Enterprises) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $137 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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WERN Werner Enterprises Inc WERN
85 GF Score
Price $42.42
GF Value $39.79
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Werner Enterprises Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Werner Enterprises WERN -3.39% 85 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $137 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates WERN with a GF Score™ of 85/100 and a GF Value™ of $39.79 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 12 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Werner Enterprises's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $47 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $137 Mil.


Werner Enterprises  (NAS:WERN) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Werner Enterprises Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Werner Enterprises's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Werner Enterprises Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Werner Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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Werner Enterprises Quarterly Data
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WERN vs ARCB, MRTN, HTLD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Trucking subindustry, Werner Enterprises's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 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 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Werner Enterprises's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Werner Enterprises's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Werner Enterprises Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $137 Mil.

* 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $137 Mil mean?
Werner Enterprises (WERN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $137 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Werner Enterprises and its competitors.
Is Werner Enterprises' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Werner Enterprises' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $137 Mil. Overall, Werner Enterprises has a GF Score™ of 85/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Werner Enterprises' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ARCB and MRTN?
Werner Enterprises' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $137 Mil can be compared against companies in the Transportation industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Transportation company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Transportation industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Werner Enterprises and its competitors. Werner Enterprises's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $137 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Werner Enterprises stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Werner Enterprises (WERN) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $39.79, compared to a current price of $42.42 — trading 6.6% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $137 Mil. Werner Enterprises' overall GF Score™ is 85/100 with 12 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Werner Enterprises (WERN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $137 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Werner Enterprises (WERN) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Werner Enterprises stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $42.42 is trading 6.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of $39.79. GuruFocus considers Werner Enterprises to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for WERN:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $137 Mil
  • GF Value™: $39.79 vs. price of $42.42 (6.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 85/100 with 12 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the WERN stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Werner Enterprises Business Description

Other Exchanges WE1:Germany
Address 14507 Frontier Road, Post Office Box 45308, Omaha, NE, USA, 68145-0308
Werner Enterprises Inc is a transportation and logistics company engaged in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in both interstate and intrastate commerce. The company has two reportable segments - Truckload Transportation Services and Werner Logistics. It derives majority of its revenue from full-truckload transportation services and geographically from United States.
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