C.H. Robinson (CHRW)
Forward P/E is 18.31x against a peer median of 24.57x, a ratio of 0.75x — with trailing P/E 23.11x and PEG 1.06. so the shares cost far less per dollar of expected earnings than peers while growing faster than the group. Latest-quarter revenue grew 19.3% year over year (PRIMARY, EDGAR). Delivered demand check: the Transportation & logistics group's median growth was 15.3% year over year — demand rising.
What would change this label: Move to FAIRLY PRICED if the forward P/E rises to about 22.11x or above (0.90x the peer median) at unchanged estimates, or if revenue growth falls to or below the 15.3% group median for two quarters. Move to OVERVALUED if the forward P/E rises above about 28.26x (1.15x the peer median) without a matching rise in growth.
C.H. Robinson arranges freight shipments for businesses, matching loads with trucks and carriers rather than owning most of the transport itself. Its latest-quarter revenue grew 19.3%, faster than its group, yet its shares cost much less per dollar of expected earnings than similar companies. That gap is why the shares look undervalued — cheaper than peers while growing faster.
Both lines start at 100 on 2020-09-01. Over the full window C.H. Robinson returned +44.72% and the S&P 500 +118.28% (price returns; dividends not reinvested). Worst peak-to-trough fall for C.H. Robinson: -43.2% (2022-08-25 to 2024-04-16). Source: Nasdaq official daily history.
What the label rests on
Forward P/E is 18.31x against a peer median of 24.57x, a ratio of 0.75x — with trailing P/E 23.11x and PEG 1.06. so the shares cost far less per dollar of expected earnings than peers while growing faster than the group. Latest-quarter revenue grew 19.3% year over year (PRIMARY, EDGAR). Delivered demand check: the Transportation & logistics group's median growth was 15.3% year over year — demand rising. The company’s forward P/E is 18.3× against a peer median of 24.6×. Its own history: UNVERIFIED — no sourced range available. Sector demand read: Delivered demand check: the Transportation & logistics group's median latest-quarter revenue growth was 15.3% year over year (SEC filings) — demand rising. This company grew faster than the group, at 19.3% year over year. Latest-quarter sales growth was +19.3% versus a year earlier (SEC filings).
| Company | Price (Oct 28, 2026) | Forward P/E | Trailing P/E |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.H. Robinson (CHRW) | $128.63 | 18.3× | 23.1× |
| LUV | — | 13.5× | 21.4× |
| JBHT | — | 24.8× | 31.3× |
| EXPD | — | 24.6× | 28.4× |
| UAL | — | 12.2× | 9.6× |
| ODFL | — | 26.9× | 31.8× |
| Peer median | 24.6× |
Multiples: stockanalysis.com (SECONDARY, S&P Global data), fetched Oct 28, 2026. Peer set chosen by sector; the median is the middle value of the set. The label and its numbers were recorded in the programme’s label registry on Oct 28, 2026 and will be scored at 6 and 12 months.
Sales, profit and cash
This company does not report a gross-profit line in its SEC facts (normal for banks, payment networks and some health insurers), so profit is shown as net income instead — gross margin is marked UNVERIFIED-absent rather than estimated.
Free cash flow = cash from operations minus spending on plant and equipment, both from the company’s SEC cash-flow statement. Gaps are quarters where that spending line is not separately tagged in the filings — shown as gaps, never estimated.
| Quarter | Sales | Gross margin | Net income | EPS (GAAP, diluted) | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q/E Jun 2026 2026-06-30 | $4.9B | — | $187M | 1.56 | $31M |
| Q/E Mar 2026 2026-03-31 | $4.0B | — | $147M | 1.22 | $66M |
| Q/E Dec 2025 2025-12-31 | $3.9B | — | $136M | — | $302M |
| Q/E Sep 2025 2025-09-30 | $4.1B | — | $163M | 1.34 | $269M |
| Q/E Jun 2025 2025-06-30 | $4.1B | — | $152M | 1.26 | $220M |
| Q/E Mar 2025 2025-03-31 | $4.0B | — | $135M | 1.11 | $103M |
| Q/E Dec 2024 2024-12-31 | $4.2B | — | $149M | — | $265M |
| Q/E Sep 2024 2024-09-30 | $4.6B | — | $97M | 0.80 | $103M |
| Q/E Jun 2024 2024-06-30 | $4.5B | — | $126M | 1.05 | $160M |
| Q/E Mar 2024 2024-03-31 | $4.4B | — | $93M | 0.78 | $-42M |
| Q/E Dec 2023 2023-12-31 | $4.2B | — | $31M | — | $43M |
| Q/E Sep 2023 2023-09-30 | $4.3B | — | $82M | 0.68 | $201M |
The last twelve reported quarters. Full 24-quarter history sits in the data pack behind this page. A dash means the figure is not tagged as a standalone quarter in the company’s SEC facts (the usual case is the fourth quarter, which many companies only report inside the full-year filing) — it is missing, not zero.
Earnings: getting better or worse?
Each box is one quarter’s earnings per share (EPS). Green means EPS was higher than the same quarter a year earlier; red means lower; a dash means the figure is not tagged in the filings.
Basis: GAAP diluted EPS from SEC company facts, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
Key facts
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Company (legal name in filings) | C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. |
| Chief executive | Dave Bozeman (source: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-strategy-and-corporate-finance-blog/the-exchange-discipline-meets-disruption-dave-bozeman-on-building-with-lean-ai) |
| Sector | Industrials — Air Freight & Logistics — arranges freight transport and logistics for shippers, matching loads with carriers rather than owning most of the transport itself |
| Share price (Oct 28, 2026) | $128.63 |
| Market value (market cap) | $16.8B — share price times shares outstanding of 116,851,258 (SEC filings; SEC EDGAR dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (latest)) |
| Sales, last twelve months | $17.0B |
| Net income, last twelve months | $633M |
| Free cash flow, last twelve months | $669M |
| Latest reported quarter | Q/E Jun 2026 (of 24 quarters in the data pack) |
| Six-year price return vs S&P 500 | +44.72% vs +118.28% |
| Worst peak-to-trough fall | -43.2% (2022-08-25 to 2024-04-16) |
What we could not verify
- Gross profit / gross margin: not tagged as a standalone line in this company's EDGAR company facts (common for banks, payment networks and some healthcare payers) — shown as UNVERIFIED-absent; the page charts revenue and net income instead.
- TTM GAAP diluted EPS could not be summed from company facts because at least one of the last four quarters (typically Q4) has no standalone tagged EPS; trailing P/E is therefore taken from the labelled secondary source in valuation_label.md.
- Own-history P/E (5-year median): not computed in the Phase 1 batch — UNVERIFIED
- Stats price $128.63 differs >5% from data pack Oct 27 close $143.59 (-10.42%)
- Guidance record (each quarter scored against the guidance the company gave the quarter before) is not yet compiled for this company — it is a Phase 2 layer. The earnings strip below therefore uses reported EPS versus a year earlier, which is fully sourced from filings.
The IT factor — the most exciting thing the market is overlooking — is not assessed on an X-Ray page. It belongs to the Deep Dive (Phase 2), where it gets the evidence standard it needs. Leadership-era scoring (the six years split by chief executive) is likewise a Phase 2 layer; this page names the current chief executive only, from a sourced profile.
Sources
- SEC EDGAR submissions — Filing index; company legal name.
https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001043277.json - SEC EDGAR company facts — Quarterly financial spine: revenue, gross profit, net income, GAAP diluted EPS, operating cash flow, PP&E capex, buybacks, dividends, diluted shares.
https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001043277.json - Nasdaq official daily history — Daily closes for the company; SPY (assetclass=etf) saved as raw/nasdaq_spy_raw.json over identical dates.
https://api.nasdaq.com/api/quote/CHRW/historical?assetclass=stocks - Valuation multiples and peer figures — stockanalysis.com (SECONDARY, S&P Global data), fetched Oct 28, 2026; see valuation_label.md in the data pack.
Conventions: earliest-filed value per period, as first reported; cash-flow years-to-date differenced quarter by quarter; EPS never differenced; free cash flow = operating cash flow minus plant-and-equipment spending. This page is a dated snapshot — updates are new versions, never silent edits.