CHRW
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.Evidence as of 2026-09-29The desk's Snapshot
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Overview · C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation services, and related logistics and supply chain services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding. It offers transportation and logistics services, such as truckload; less than truckload transportation brokerage services, which include the shipment of sing…
Management team
- Mr. Arun D. Rajan · Chief Strategy & Innovation OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Duncan Burns · Chief Communications OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Michael J. Short · President of Global Freight ForwardingFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Angela K. Freeman · Chief Human Resources & ESG OfficerFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it, not a rating or a recommendation.
−0.3 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled. The rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
Evidence balance: Mixed ( -0.3 of a possible +2; confidence high). Revenue rose from $ 4,012,934,000 in Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-29) to $ 4,934,098,000 in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-29), and operating income increased from $ 175,686,000 to $ 255,743,000 across those same quarters, lifting operating margin from about 4.38% to about 5.18%. Diluted EPS moved from $ 1.22 in Q1 2026 to $ 1.56 in Q2 2026, with net income rising from $ 147,233,000 to $ 186,786,000, while reported common shares outstanding declined from 118,620,833 (2026-02-11) to 116,851,258 (2026-07-29) alongside $ 212,659,000 of repurchases in Q1 2026.
The company’s long‑term debt point‑in‑time balances increased over the reported dates to $ 1,685,017,000 as of 2026-06-30, and trailing twelve‑month free cash flow was $ 370,377,000 with EV/EBITDA about 19.51 and price/FFO‑FCF around 47.93. Filings show the top 100 customers accounted for roughly 40% of total revenues and 28% of adjusted gross profits for FY 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-02-11), and recent headlines emphasize legal risk including a cited US$ 604 million vicarious liability verdict.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Revenue was $4,012,934,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) and increased to $4,934,098,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001043277-26-000016Operating income was $175,686,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) and rose to $255,743,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo); operating margin moved from about 4.38% in fiscal Q1 2026 to about 5.18% in fiscal Q2 2026 (operating income divided by revenue in each quarter).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001043277-26-000016Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full: its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet; its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
Total revenues for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 were $16,232,763,000 (reported in the 10-K filed 2026-02-13).
10-K filed 2026-02-13Adjusted gross profits for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 were $2,729,410,000, a 1.3 percent decrease versus 2024 (reported in the 10-K filed 2026-02-13).
10-K filed 2026-02-13Reads the signal panel above (momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta) and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Price is below both short- and long-term moving averages: price is -4.8% vs the 50-day SMA and -13.8% vs the 200-day SMA, and the golden cross flag is false.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-28Short-term momentum is weak: 3-month momentum is -19.8% and 6-month momentum is -7.9%, with the 6-month momentum ranked in the 19th percentile of the research universe (567 names).
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-28Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
Institutional 13F-reported holdings total $23.41B as of 2026-06-30 (note: 13F filings carry a 45-day reporting lag).
13F holdings · 901 filers · as of 2026-06-30BlackRock, Inc. is listed as a top holder with $2.14B in reported holdings as of 2026-06-30.
13F holdings · 901 filers · as of 2026-06-30Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Recent headlines emphasize legal risk for C.H. Robinson, citing a new federal lawsuit in Texas that raises racketeering allegations.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-09-27Coverage cites a US$604 million vicarious liability verdict as a driver of renewed attention to the company’s potential legal exposure.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-25Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5: who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
No insider transactions on file in the trailing 180 days.
Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The model-implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate that today's price would justify is 0.318 (31.8%).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice-to-FFO/FCF (price_to_fcf) based on trailing twelve-month FCF is 47.93.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score. The argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several company-reported fundamentals point to improving operating performance and shareholder returns: sequential revenue and operating income growth (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1), higher net income and diluted EPS (fundamentals-3), and measurable share repurchases that reduced outstanding shares (fundamentals-4). Institutional demand metrics (ownership-0 through ownership-4) show a meaningful increase in reported holders and position value quarter-over-quarter, which, together with a positive longer-term momentum reading (market-2) and low market correlation/beta (market-5), provide context that some investors are re-allocating to the stock and that it has exhibited relative strength over a 12-month horizon. Trailing cash-flow and EBITDA figures (valuation-4) support that the business is generating operating cash that underpins the reported profitability gains (filings-2). While headline legal items and elevated volatility are legitimate concerns, historically investors balance company-level operational improvement and buyback activity against episodic headline risk; financial advisors often suggest weighing both sets of signals rather than treating one category as dispositive.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.38
37 surviving claims rest on 13 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 19% of them, and 99% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The read rests on a moderate breadth of sources (13) but a relatively concentrated analyst footprint and very high survival through debate, which raises the possibility that remaining claims are coherent but may reflect limited independent challenge. In practice this means the evidence can support descriptive statements about recent results and signals, but its fragility suggests downweighting any single strong inference until more independent corroboration appears (for example more diverse primary filings or fresh third‑party analyses).
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 3rd of 3 in Integrated Freight & Logistics (as of 2026-09-28).
6-month relative strength ranks 3rd of 3 in Integrated Freight & Logistics (as of 2026-09-28).
90-day volatility ranks 1st of 3 in Integrated Freight & Logistics (as of 2026-09-28).
dividend yield ranks 2nd of 3 in Integrated Freight & Logistics (as of 2026-09-28).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
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What this was built from
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11 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data, not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.5 to the score
4 documents· 3 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes−0.3 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.4 to the score
2 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.7 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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