Company Analysis

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW)

Nasdaq: CHRW · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo · Eden Prairie, MN · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade6.0
◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.5▶ Future 4.3

The grade of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past7.125% of the headline
● Present6.545% of the headline
▶ Future4.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $13 billion in fiscal 2016 to $16 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.4%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak34.3%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.5% a year. 61% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 61% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales (5 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01, buying about $502 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 26% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 32%: 32¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 64%: owes 64¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. earned about 32 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 64 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 32% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 17 in its family; net margin 3.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $16 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 3.6% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of -13.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$16.23Btop 3% of its family
  • net margin3.6%top 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-13.1%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bozeman, David P (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-06-28, 3.4 years (top 36% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (top 50%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.7 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.4 yearstop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $161 million against debt of $1.1 billion leaves -18.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.5% of revenue (top 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-18.4%bottom 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.5%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 23% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -13.1% a year over the last three filed years against 2.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew -8.4% (bottom 21%); capital spending grew -31.8% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Transportation Customers Freight at $15 billion (91%), Sourcing at $1.4 billion (9%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-15.4 points a yearbottom 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-8.4%bottom 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-31.8%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 43% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $16 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 8.1% above the $15 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 37% of its family); net income of $587 million against a prior three-year average of $577 million (top 43%); a net margin of 3.6% against 2.8% before (top 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace8.1%bottom 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+2%top 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.9 pointstop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CHRW · research, not advice