Werner Enterprises rises on quarterly dividend, share buyback plan

Werner Enterprises

12/11/2021 15:33

** Transportation and logistics provider's shares  WERN.O 
up 2% at $47.3 in early trading
    ** Co's board declares a regular quarterly cash dividend of
$0.12 per common share payable to shareholders of record at the
close of business on Jan. 3, 2022  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX67WXDr
    ** WERN board also approves a new stock repurchase program
under which Werner is authorized to repurchase up to 6 mln
shares of its common stock
    ** Stock up 21% YTD

 (Reporting by Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru)
 ((sahil.shaw@thomsonreuters.com))