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# Werner Guides To About $0.10 To $0.11 A Share For Third Quarter, Citing Fuel, Driver Pay And Insurance
- URL: https://www.bullished.co/werner-guides-to-about-0-10-to-0-11-a-share-for-third-quarter-citing-fuel-driver-pay-and-347fdadb/
- Published: 2026-10-19T13:21:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T13:21:03.000Z
- Description: The trucking company put a cost hit of about $0.18 per share on the quarter versus the second quarter; full results come October 27.
- Author: Matteo Parrino
- Tags: Earnings, WERN, Industry: Industrials

[Werner Enterprises](https://www.bullished.co/tag/wern/) expects third-quarter earnings of about $0.10 to $0.11 per share under standard accounting, on [revenue of about $946 million to $951 million](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000793074/000079307426000162/wern-8xk101926exhibit.htm?ref=bullished.co), according to preliminary, unaudited figures in an [8-K filed Monday](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000793074/000079307426000162/wern-20261019.htm?ref=bullished.co). The company said cost pressure of about $0.18 per share, measured against the second quarter, weighed on the period.

## What the preliminary numbers show

Werner, the truckload carrier, said adjusted diluted earnings per share should land at about $0.15 to $0.16 for the quarter ended September 30, 2026\. Adjusted earnings leave out items management does not count as core operations.

The company's reconciliation walks from the standard-accounting figure to the adjusted one. It adds back $0.03 for amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions and $0.03 for acquisition expenses, including legal and professional fees, then subtracts $0.01 for the income tax effect of those adjustments.

The release did not give figures for gains or losses on equity investments or for earnings from an equity-method investment; both lines show no adjustment.

## Where the $0.18 came from

Werner said results were hurt by about $0.18 per share of cumulative cost headwinds compared with the second quarter. It named three main drivers:

- Rapidly rising fuel prices.
- Driver recruitment and retention investments.
- A late-quarter insurance reserve adjustment related to past claims.

The release did not split the $0.18 among the three.

## What to watch

Werner said it will give more detail when it reports full third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 27, after the market close. The figures in Monday's release are preliminary and unaudited, so they can still change.

Shares closed at $32.81 at Friday's close, before the release.

The release describes Werner as having 2025 revenues of nearly $3.0 billion and says it bought FirstEnterprises, known as FirstFleet, in January 2026\. FirstFleet generated more than $600 million in unaudited 2025 revenues, the company said.

The next hard numbers arrive Tuesday, October 27, after the close, when Werner reports the full quarter.

### Sources

- [8-K Filing — WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000793074/000079307426000162/wern-20261019.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit wern-8xk101926exhibit.htm — WERNER ENTERPRISES INC 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000793074/000079307426000162/wern-8xk101926exhibit.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR

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