Werner Enterprises, Inc. · NASDAQ:WERN

Werner Enterprises — 2012 Global Transportation Conference

28 slides from Werner Enterprises's conference presentation, May 17, 2012

  1. Slide 1: 2012 Global Transportation Conference

    2012 Global Transportation Conference May 17, 2012

  2. Slide 2: Disclosure Statement

    DISCLOSURE STATEMENT This presentation includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on Werner Enterprises’ current plans and are not guarantees of future performance, and are subject to risk and uncertainti

  3. Slide 3: Werner Enterprises Profile

    WERNER ENTERPRISES PROFILE • Premium provider of Transportation and Logistics services • Operating throughout North America, Asia and Australia • 2011 Revenue: $2.0B • 2011 Operating Income: $174M • 2011 Net Income: $103M • World Headquarters: Omaha, NE • NASDAQ: WERN • Market cap: $1.8B 2 2

  4. Slide 4: The Path of Werner Progress

    THE PATH OF WERNER PROGRESS 2003 2009 • Brokerage and • Safety improvement initiative Intermodal expansion • Australia launch 1956 2007 • Founded 1998 • LH fleet reduction by C.L. • Electronic driver Werner logs (EOBR) 1986 • IPO 2011 • $103M earnings 2008 (record high to date) • Balanced portfolio

  5. Slide 5: Werner Enterprises

    WERNER ENTERPRISES CONSISTENTLY GROWING & FINANCIALLY STRONG, GENERATING FREE CASH THROUGHOUT THE CYCLE 2,400 2,100 Revenues Millions of Dollars 1,800 1,500 1,200 900 600 300 0 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Debt to Equity 1000 Debt Equity Millions of Dollars 800 60

  6. Slide 6: Revenue Sources

    REVENUE SOURCES Vertical: 60% 49% 51% % of Revenues* 50% 46% 40% Retail/CP 30% 29% 26% Grocery Products 24% 18% 17% 16% Manuf./Industrial 20% 8% 9% Logistics/Other 10% 7% 0% 2009 2010 2011 *top 50 customers Customers: 100% 80% 76% 74% 74% % of Revenues 61% 60% 60% Top 5 60% 41% 40% 40% Top 10 40% To

  7. Slide 7: Domestic Freight Market: Market Share & Growth Opportunities

    DOMESTIC FREIGHT MARKET: MARKET SHARE & GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES U.S. Freight Market Revenues Werner Enterprises in billions of $* Growth Opportunities Other Rail (Pipeline, Air, intermodal, Water), $74 $300 $11 Truckload, $250 $255 Revenue in billions Rail carload, $46 $200 $150 LTL, $40 $255 $268 $100

  8. Slide 8: Revenue Profile

    REVENUE PROFILE Goal 1Q12 • Freight Management • Brokerage • Intermodal • Cross Border 1/3 26%* Asset-Light • Global Logistics LOGISTICS Van DEDICATED 1/3 39% Temperature Flatbed Asset-Intensive Controlled Medium / Long Haul Regional Fleets ONE-WAY TRUCKLOAD 1/3 35% Flatbed Temperature Team Werner C

  9. Slide 9: Freight Market Update

    FREIGHT MARKET UPDATE ONE-WAY TRUCKLOAD 8 8

  10. Slide 10: Logistics

    LOGISTICS Brokerage Intermodal Werner Global Freight Management Logistics 9 9

  11. Slide 11: Fuel Price Trends

    FUEL PRICE TRENDS 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q $5.00 $4.80 $4.60 $4.40 Price Per Gallon (in $) $4.20 $4.00 $3.80 $3.60 $3.40 $3.20 $3.00 $2.80 $2.60 $2.40 $2.20 $2.00 $1.80 $1.60 $1.40 $1.20 W 1 W 3 W 5 W 7 W k9 W 11 W 13 W 15 W 17 W 19 W 21 W 23 W 25 W 27 W 29 W 31 W 33 W 35 W 37 W 39 W 41 W 43 W 45 W 47 W 49 51 k

  12. Slide 12: Green Initiatives

    GREEN INITIATIVES Werner Enterprises is a SmartWaySM Transport partner. SmartWay is a collaboration between the EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollution. Werner has earned a Shipper Index Factor score (SIF) of 1.25, the highest possible score. Fuel efficien

  13. Slide 13: Wern Safety Improvements

    WERN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS INS/CLAIMS CPM ACCIDENTS PER MM 33% reduction 2006 to 2011 12 ¢ 10.7 15 11 ¢ 14 12.6 9.6 13 10 ¢ 9.0 9.3 11.9 12 11.1 9¢ 8.0 7.9 11 10.1 8 ¢ 10 9.0 7¢ 9 8.4 6¢ 8 7 5¢ 6 4 ¢ Each 1.0 CPM reduction 5 3 ¢ worth 7¢/share 4 2¢ 3 2 1¢ 1 0¢ 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2006 2007

  14. Slide 14: Trucking Safety Regulatory Changes

    TRUCKING SAFETY REGULATORY CHANGES Expected Effect on Timing Industry Capacity WERN CSA December 2010 5 Basic scores are satisfactory HOS July 2013 Electronic driver logs - 14 years - FMCSA approved EOBR ? (delayed due to Electronic driver logs - 3Q11 court ruling) 14 years - FMCSA approved 13

  15. Slide 15: Maintenance CPM & Avg. Co. Truck Age

    MAINTENANCE CPM* & AVG. CO. TRUCK AGE 20.0 19.8¢ 3.5 2012 opportunity – decreasing average truck age should help 19.0 3.0 Avg. Co. truck age Maintenance CPM 18.0 17.9¢ 2.5 17.0 16.7¢ 2.0 16.2¢ 16.0 15.8¢ 1.5 15.1¢ 15.0 1.0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 14 14

  16. Slide 16: Cash Flow and Cap Ex

    CASH FLOW AND CAP EX $300 ** $250 ** $210M Millions of Dollars $200 range $160M $150 $100 $50 $0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Cash Flow from Operations Cap Ex, Net goal * All equipment replacement, no fleet growth in 2011 15 ** Increased cap ex in 2006 and 2007 pr

  17. Slide 17: Enhancing Shareholder Return

    ENHANCING SHAREHOLDER RETURN $ Per Share $200 $2.50 $2.36 $180 $169M $2.25 $1.80 $160 $130M $2.00 $1.76 $140 $128M $1.75 $1.45 Millions of $ $120 $104M $1.50 $99M $1.28 $100 $1.25 $80 $1.00 $.70 $60 $50M $0.75 $40 $0.50 $20 $0.25 $0 $0.00 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 P

  18. Slide 18: Trucks

    TRUCKS 9,200 10% Keep fleet count flat at approx. 9,000 7,300 trucks - focused on 8% reaching TL OI% target of 11% 8,800 6% Average # of Trucks In Service 8,600 4% 8,400 % Change YOY 2% 8,200 0% 8,000 -2% 7,800 -4% 7,600 7,400 -6% 7,200 -8% 7,000 -10% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 200

  19. Slide 19: Miles Per Truck and Length of Haul

    MILES PER TRUCK AND LENGTH OF HAUL 2,440 700 Reduction of long-haul; growth 680 2,410 of Dedicated and Regional 660 2,380 640 Miles Per Truck Per Week Length of Haul (Loaded) 620 2,350 600 2,320 580 560 2,290 540 520 2,260 500 2,230 480 460 2,200 440 2,170 420 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

  20. Slide 20: DH Miles Per Trip

    DH MILES PER TRIP 100 17 million fewer empty miles in 2010 compared to 2007, due to lower 90 DH miles per trip 80 70 60 50 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 *Total company (includes Dedicated) DH – Deadhead (empty miles) 19 19

  21. Slide 21: Rates

    RATES 10% $1.57 Rate improvement momentum 9% to 3.8% in 2011 $1.52 8% 7% Revenue Per Total Mile, Net of Fuel Surcharge $1.47 6% % Change YOY $1.42 5% $1.37 4% 3% $1.32 2% $1.27 1% $1.22 0% $1.17 -1% -2% $1.12 -3% $1.07 -4% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Revenue Per Total

  22. Slide 22: Improving Yield Trends – Last Quarters

    IMPROVING YIELD TRENDS – LAST 13 QUARTERS $1.600 5% 4% $1.550 3% 2% RPTM, ex fuel YOY Change $1.500 1% 0% $1.450 -1% $1.400 -2% -3% $1.350 -4% 1Q09 2Q09 3Q09 4Q09 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 *RPTM: Revenue per Total Mile (Ex-Fuel) YOY Change 21 21

  23. Slide 23: Werner Operating Stats

    WERNER OPERATING STATS 1Q12 to 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11 1Q12 1Q11 Miles per truck 29,307 30,666 30,255 29,910 29,115 30,174 29,643 29,139 28,980 - DH (empty) miles per trip 61 58 55 56 57 60 60 58 58 2% Tractor/non driver ratio 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 (2%) Cost per mile, e

  24. Slide 24: Operating Margin Trends

    OPERATING MARGIN TRENDS* 11 OP INC - % OF REVENUES 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 EPS TRENDS Nine consecutive quarters of >20% YOY EPS growth. $0.45 $0.40 $.38 $.40$.40 $0.35 $.33 $.33 $.30 $.30 $.31 $.28 $.29 $0.29 $0.30 $.25 $.26 $.26 $.25 $.22 EPS $0.25 $.21 $0.20 $.

  25. Slide 25: EPS Trends

    EPS TRENDS $1.60 $1.40 $1.40 $1.25 $1.22 $1.20 $1.08 $1.10 $1.02 $1.00 $0.94 $0.90 $0.76 $0.76 $0.79 $0.80 $0.72 $0.61 $0.61 $0.60 $0.60 $0.51 $0.46 $0.46 $0.41 $0.40 $0.34 $0.27 $0.25 $0.22 $0.22 $0.17 $0.20 $0.13 $0.00 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 2

  26. Slide 26: Wern Targeting an Annualized 11% TL Operating Margin

    WERN TARGETING AN ANNUALIZED 11% TL*OPERATING MARGIN 11.0% 9.3% 9.0% 8.7% 7.9% 6.8% 5.9% 5.0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Target • Truckload Transportation Services (includes One-Way TL and Dedicated). Above percentages include fuel (fuel surcharge revenues and fuel expense). 25 25

  27. Slide 27: Wern Targeting a 15% ROE & 9% ROA

    WERN TARGETING A 15% ROE & 9% ROA ROE 14.5% 15.0% 11.3% 11.1% 8.8% 8.1% 7.5% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Target ROA 8.3% 9.0% 6.9% 6.6% 5.4% 5.2% 4.6% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Target 26 26

  28. Slide 28: Global, Comprehensive Portfolio, Award-Winning Customer Driven Service

    Global, Comprehensive Portfolio Award-Winning Customer F Driven Service This is | Technology Customizable Logistics Strategies Consistent, Credible and Conservative GL@BAL LOGISTICS

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