Werner’s Second-Quarter Profit Rises 11%

Werner Enterprises’ second-quarter profit rose 11%, resulting from a “seasonally improving freight market,” the truckload carrier said late Wednesday.

Net income rose to $30.6 million, or 42 cents per share, from $27.5 million, or 38 cents, a year ago.

Revenue rose 1% to $522 million, Werner said in a statement.

Trucking revenue net of fuel surcharges slipped 1% to $332 million, while non-trucking revenue including brokerage and logistics jumped 17.8% to $87.4 million.

Werner Enterprises is ranked No. 11 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.