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C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
CHRW
$22.7B
Mkt Cap
$186.51
-9.25%
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a current P/E ratio of 38.6, compared to its historical median P/E of 18.7. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 10.8%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a market capitalization of $22.0B. It is classified as a large-cap stock.
Yes, C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 1.37%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 2.36%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) appears expensive. The current P/E of 38.6 is 107% above its historical median of 18.7. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -2.6%.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) operates in the Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo industry, within the Industrials sector.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide is one of the largest global logistics providers, operating a multimodal transportation and logistics platform that connects approximately 75,000 customers with 450,000 contract carriers across North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America, and the Middle East. The company earns profit as a service provider by capturing the spread between what it charges customers for transportation and logistics services and what it pays contracted carriers, with transportation and logistics services accounting for approximately 95 percent of adjusted gross profits; the company's primary service lines include truckload and less-than-truckload ("LTL") brokerage in North America, ocean and air freight forwarding globally, customs brokerage, and value-added logistics services such as managed solutions, warehousing, and supply chain consulting. The company's competitive differentiation stems from its proprietary Navisphere platform, one of the largest datasets on shipments and routings in the industry, and its application of "Lean AI"—a disciplined methodology combining artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science to automate manual processes across the quote-to-cash lifecycle and optimize dynamic costing and pricing models. The company also operates Robinson Fresh, a sourcing business focused on buying, selling, and marketing fresh fruits, vegetables, and perishable items, which accounts for approximately five percent of adjusted gross profits. C.H. Robinson's customer base spans numerous industries and geographies, with services typically provided on a spot-market or transactional basis or through prearranged contractual rates, most of which are for one year or less and allow for renegotiation.
【Lean AI productivity acceleration】 Management expects to continue outperforming the market through disciplined execution of its Lean AI operating model, with double-digit productivity improvements anticipated in both North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding during 2026, concentrated in the second half of the year. The company is advancing automation across its quote-to-cash lifecycle through agentic AI solutions and expects its industry-leading cost-to-serve model to remain highly scalable as it harnesses evolving AI capabilities. Management remains focused on three strategic priorities: transforming customer and carrier experience, delivering business model scalability, and driving gross margin and operating margin expansion, while retaining optionality to reinvest operating margins above mid-cycle targets to pursue demonstrable outgrowth if market conditions warrant. The company expects to manage spot rate inflection and market volatility more effectively than historically, with a high degree of confidence in its ability to continue gaining market share in targeted verticals including retail, automotive, healthcare, and energy.
| Metric | Target | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Operating income | $965 million - $1.04 billion | FY2026 |
| Earnings per share | approximately $6 | FY2026 |
| Personnel expenses | $1.25 billion - $1.35 billion | FY2026 |
| Capital expenditures | $75 million - $85 million | FY2026 |
| Effective tax rate | 18% - 20% | FY2026 |
| Dry van spot rates year-over-year increase | 17% | FY2026 |
Operating income (FY2026): “This results in a new 2026 operating income target range of $965 million - $1.04 billion.”
Earnings per share (FY2026): “The bottom end of this range, which assumes zero market volume growth, equates to approximately $6 of earnings per share.”
Personnel expenses (FY2026): “we continue to expect that our 2026 personnel expenses will be in the range of $1.25 billion-$1.35 billion.”
Capital expenditures (FY2026): “we still expect our 2026 capital expenditures to be $75 million-$85 million.”
Effective tax rate (FY2026): “For the year, we continue to expect the full year tax rate to be in the range of 18%-20%.”
Dry van spot rates year-over-year increase (FY2026): “We're now expecting a 17% year-over-year increase in dry van spot rates for the full year, up from 8% only three months ago.”
Generated solely from the company's own reports listed below — not from third-party data. Hallucination risk is low. · Sources: 10-K, Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 16.2B | 16.2B | 17.7B | 17.6B | 24.7B | 23.1B |
| Net Income | 599M | 587M | 466M | 325M | 941M | 844M |
| EPS | $5.06 | $4.83 | $3.86 | $2.72 | $7.40 | $6.31 |
| Free Cash Flow | 858M | 895M | 486M | 702M | 1.6B | 61M |
| ROIC | 22.5% | 12.0% | 8.1% | 5.6% | 13.3% | 15.0% |
| Gross Margin | - | 9.8% | 8.9% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 7.4% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.79 | 1.60 | 2.86 | 4.12 | 5.07 | 2.94 |
| Dividends/Share | $2.56 | $2.49 | $2.46 | $2.44 | $2.26 | $2.08 |
| Operating Income | 794M | 795M | 669M | 515M | 1.3B | 1.1B |
| Operating Margin | 4.9% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 5.1% | 4.7% |
| ROE | 35.2% | 32.9% | 29.7% | 23.5% | 55.7% | 43.3% |
| Shares Outstanding | 118M | 122M | 121M | 120M | 127M | 134M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 13.5B | 13.5B | 13.1B | 14.9B | 16.6B | 15.3B | 16.2B | 23.1B | 24.7B | 17.6B | 17.7B | 16.2B | 16.2B |
| Gross Margin | 9.1% | 10.4% | 10.9% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 9.1% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.8% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 320M | 359M | 375M | 413M | 450M | 498M | 496M | 526M | 603M | 624M | 640M | 564M | 549M |
| EBIT | 748M | 858M | 838M | 775M | 912M | 790M | 673M | 1.1B | 1.3B | 515M | 669M | 795M | 794M |
| Op. Margin | 5.6% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Net Income | 450M | 510M | 513M | 505M | 665M | 577M | 506M | 844M | 941M | 325M | 466M | 587M | 599M |
| Net Margin | 3.3% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37M | -18M | -33M | 856K | 856K |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 7.1% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 15.0% | 15.2% | 15.0% | 13.3% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 12.0% | 22.5% |
| ROE | 45.3% | 46.4% | 42.6% | 37.6% | 44.0% | 35.3% | 28.5% | 43.3% | 55.7% | 23.5% | 29.7% | 32.9% | 35.2% |
| ROA | 14.9% | 15.9% | 14.9% | 12.7% | 15.3% | 12.7% | 10.4% | 13.9% | 14.5% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 11.4% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 513M | 718M | 529M | 384M | 793M | 835M | 499M | 95M | 1.7B | 732M | 509M | 915M | 877M |
| Free Cash Flow | 491M | 690M | 456M | 344M | 748M | 799M | 476M | 61M | 1.6B | 702M | 486M | 895M | 858M |
| Owner Earnings | 304M | 472M | 275M | 75M | 435M | 515M | 155M | -126M | 1.5B | 381M | 148M | 597M | 555M |
| CapEx | 22M | 28M | 73M | 40M | 45M | 36M | 23M | 34M | 62M | 30M | 23M | 20M | 19M |
| Maint. CapEx | 161M | 188M | 217M | 268M | 271M | 282M | 300M | 91M | 93M | 293M | 277M | 237M | 236M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 161M | 188M | 217M | 268M | 271M | 282M | 300M | 91M | 93M | 293M | 277M | 237M | 236M |
| CapEx/OCF | 4.4% | 3.9% | 13.9% | 10.4% | 5.7% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 36.0% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 215M | 236M | 245M | 258M | 265M | 278M | 210M | 277M | 285M | 292M | 295M | 301M | 303M |
| Dividend Yield | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
| Share Buybacks | 164M | 230M | 173M | 185M | 301M | 309M | 178M | 582M | 1.5B | 64M | 0 | 355M | 520M |
| Buyback Yield | 1.9% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 4.5% | 13.6% | 0.6% | N/A | 1.8% | 2.4% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 48M | 58M | 38M | 42M | 88M | 39M | 44M | 130M | 91M | 58M | 85M | 80M | 85M |
| Debt Repayment | 4.6B | 7.0B | 6.3B | 0 | 0 | 1.5B | 0 | 2.0M | 0 | 0 | 10M | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 5.8B | 7.6B | 7.6B | 9.9B | 3.6B | 1.3B | 2.6B | 5.7B | 6.6B | 5.7B | 4.8B | 2.8B | 1.2B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 129M | 168M | 248M | 334M | 379M | 448M | 244M | 257M | 217M | 146M | 146M | 161M | 160M |
| Long-Term Debt | 500M | 500M | 500M | 750M | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.4B | 920M | 1.4B | 922M | 1.1B | 1.3B |
| Debt/Equity | 5.66 | 6.77 | 6.23 | 7.19 | 2.52 | 1.04 | 1.52 | 2.94 | 5.07 | 4.12 | 2.86 | 1.60 | 0.79 |
| Interest Coverage | 498.9 | 715.3 | 930.6 | 1107.3 | 912.1 | 790.0 | 673.3 | 1202.3 | 2111.3 | 735.2 | 955.9 | 883.3 | 883.3 |
| Equity | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.7B |
| Total Assets | 3.2B | 3.2B | 3.7B | 4.2B | 4.4B | 4.6B | 5.1B | 7.0B | 6.0B | 5.2B | 5.3B | 5.1B | 5.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.2B | 2.0B | 2.4B | 2.8B | 2.8B | 3.0B | 3.3B | 5.0B | 4.6B | 3.8B | 3.6B | 3.2B | 3.5B |
| Intangibles | 98M | 120M | 168M | 152M | 109M | 91M | 114M | 90M | 64M | 44M | 28M | 18M | 16M |
| Retained Earnings | 2.6B | 2.9B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 3.8B | 4.1B | 4.4B | 4.9B | 5.6B | 5.6B | 5.8B | 6.1B | 6.1B |
| Working Capital | 530M | 282M | 162M | 523M | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.5B | 266M | 829M | 645M | 967M | 1.1B |
| Current Assets | 2.1B | 1.7B | 2.0B | 2.5B | 2.8B | 2.6B | 2.9B | 4.8B | 3.6B | 2.9B | 3.0B | 2.8B | 3.0B |
| Current Liabilities | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 3.3B | 3.3B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 1.8B | 1.9B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 3.05 | 3.51 | 3.59 | 3.57 | 4.73 | 4.19 | 3.72 | 6.31 | 7.40 | 2.72 | 3.86 | 4.83 | 5.06 |
| Owner EPS | 2.06 | 3.25 | 1.92 | 0.53 | 3.09 | 3.74 | 1.14 | -0.94 | 11.54 | 3.19 | 1.22 | 4.91 | 4.70 |
| Book Value | 7.10 | 7.92 | 8.80 | 10.08 | 11.35 | 12.13 | 13.81 | 15.11 | 10.65 | 11.87 | 14.27 | 15.18 | 14.42 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 3.48 | 4.95 | 3.70 | 2.72 | 5.64 | 6.07 | 3.67 | 0.71 | 12.98 | 6.12 | 4.22 | 7.52 | 7.07 |
| Dividends/Share | 1.43 | 1.57 | 1.74 | 1.81 | 1.88 | 2.01 | 2.04 | 2.08 | 2.26 | 2.44 | 2.46 | 2.49 | 2.56 |
| Shares Out. | 147.4M | 145.2M | 143.0M | 141.4M | 140.5M | 137.7M | 136.1M | 133.8M | 127.1M | 119.5M | 120.6M | 121.5M | 118.2M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 19.4 | 14.2 | 16.6 | 20.8 | 14.9 | 16.1 | 22.6 | 15.3 | 11.4 | 30.4 | 26.3 | 34.1 | 36.8 |
| P/FCF | 17.8 | 10.5 | 18.6 | 30.5 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 24.0 | 212.1 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 25.2 | 22.4 | 25.7 |
| EV/EBIT | 13.6 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 15.5 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 17.9 | 13.7 | 10.5 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 26.1 | 29.3 |
| Price/Book | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| FCF Yield | 5.6% | 9.5% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 7.6% | 8.6% | 4.2% | 0.5% | 14.8% | 7.1% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 3.9% |
| Market Cap | 8.7B | 7.2B | 8.5B | 10.5B | 9.9B | 9.3B | 11.4B | 12.9B | 10.7B | 9.9B | 12.3B | 20.0B | 22.0B |
| Avg. Price | 47.81 | 53.31 | 56.66 | 61.01 | 76.23 | 71.72 | 73.83 | 84.70 | 93.75 | 87.25 | 87.66 | 113.54 | 186.51 |
| Year-End Price | 59.18 | 49.91 | 59.45 | 74.14 | 70.41 | 67.57 | 84.08 | 96.34 | 84.50 | 82.75 | 101.66 | 164.63 | 186.51 |
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. passes 5 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. trades at 38.6x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 18.7x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 24.7x vs a median of 18.6x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 10.8% with a gross margin of 8.4%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 3.7%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +6.8%.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) reported annual revenue of $16.2 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a net profit margin of 3.6%. This is a modest margin.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) generated $895 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $4.83 in its most recent fiscal year.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a return on equity (ROE) of 32.9%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a 5-year average gross margin of 8.4%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 19 years of financial data for C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has a book value per share of $15.18, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings disclosures, Management expects to continue outperforming the market through disciplined execution of its Lean AI operating model, with double-digit productivity improvements anticipated in both North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding during 2026, concentrated in the second half of the year. The company is advancing automation across its quote-to-cash lifecycle through agentic AI solutions and expects its industry-leading cost-to-serve model to remain highly scalable as it harnesses evolving AI capabilities. Management remains focused on three strategic priorities: transforming customer and carrier experience, delivering business model scalability, and driving gross margin and operating margin expansion, while retaining optionality to reinvest operating margins above mid-cycle targets to pursue demonstrable outgrowth if market conditions warrant. The company expects to manage spot rate inflection and market volatility more effectively than historically, with a high degree of confidence in its ability to continue gaining market share in targeted verticals including retail, automotive, healthcare, and energy.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings calls, C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. (CHRW) has provided the following forward guidance: Operating income: $965 million - $1.04 billion (FY2026); Earnings per share: approximately $6 (FY2026); Personnel expenses: $1.25 billion - $1.35 billion (FY2026); Capital expenditures: $75 million - $85 million (FY2026); Effective tax rate: 18% - 20% (FY2026), plus 1 additional metric.