In 4Q17, Werner Enterprises (WERN) reported revenue of $567.4 million. The company beat Thomson Reuters–surveyed analysts’ consensus revenue estimate of $553.8 million by 2.4%.
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) has a mean rating of 2.09 from analysts, indicating a “buy.” Of the 22 analysts, seven of them have rated it a “strong buy.”
Trucks currently haul ~70% of all merchandise shipped in the United States. Volumes are expected to reach ~10.7 billion tons in 2017 with $719 billion in revenues.
In the week ended August 20, 2016, Canadian National Railway’s (CNI) intermodal fell 5.5%. Container volumes fell 4% against the corresponding week last year.
Among major truckload companies, in 1Q16, Werner Enterprises (WERN) declared the highest dividend growth, at $0.06 per share, which is a 20% YoY increase.
The average operational truck count in Swift Transportation’s Refrigerated segment has dropped by 220 trucks, or by 11.8%, in 2Q16, as compared to 2Q15.
