---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000793074-22-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WERN"
cik: "0000793074"
company_name: "WERNER ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T05:32:55.980862+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Werner Q2 revenue up 29% to $836M; EPS $1.12; CFO Steele retires after 33 years

## Summary
- Total revenues $836.3M (+29% YoY); operating income $74.9M (-3%); diluted EPS $1.12 (+6%).
- Insurance and claims expense $20.3M higher YoY, reducing EPS by $0.24; majority from two prior accident settlements.
- TTS segment op income -12%; Logistics op income +218%, driven by revenue growth and expanded margin.
- CFO John J. Steele retiring after 33 years (25 as CFO); will stay during transition; formal search underway.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.87 (+1%); net income flat at $72.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000793074-22-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WERN
- cik: 0000793074
- company_name: WERNER ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307422000039/0000793074-22-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307422000039/wern-20220803.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-22-000039
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-22-000039.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-22-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John J. Steele retired as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer at WERNER ENTERPRISES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: John J. Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire after 33 years at the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307422000039/0000793074-22-000039-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.