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C.H. Robinson

C.H. Robinson's revenue fell 8.4% in FY2025, to $16.2B, and net income rose 26.1% to $587M

Revenue fell 8.4% to $16.2B in FY2025, from $17.7B in FY2024. Net income rose 26.1% to $587M. Transportation Customer’s Freight was the largest product or service, at 91% of revenue.

Prepared from SEC filings · Latest annual report: 10-K for FY2025 (filed Feb 13, 2026) · Latest quarter: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 30, 2026) · Data pulled Nov 11, 2026

Key facts

C.H. Robinson (Nasdaq: CHRW) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $16.2B, down 8.4% from a year before; net income came to $587M, up 26.1%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $5.4B, up 29.5% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $198M. Broken down by product or service, Transportation Customer’s Freight led with 91% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 13, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 30, 2026).

Revenue$16.2BFY2025 · −8.4% vs FY2024
Net income$587MFY2025 · +26.1% vs FY2024
Operating cash flow$915MFY2025 · +79.6% vs FY2024
Cash & equivalents$193Mat Sep 30, 2026 · +20.1% vs FY2025 end
Total debt$1.9Bat Sep 30, 2026 · +71.6% vs FY2025 end
Diluted shares122MFY2025 avg · +0.7% vs FY2024
Revenue and net income, three fiscal yearsBy fiscal year, $bn
RevenueNet income
Revenue and net income by fiscal yearRevenue FY2023: $17.6B17.6Net income FY2023: $325M0.33FY2023Revenue FY2024: $17.7B17.7Net income FY2024: $466M0.47FY2024Revenue FY2025: $16.2B16.2Net income FY2025: $587M0.59FY2025Data: Ticker Sage, from SEC EDGAR · tickersage.com

Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 13, 2026

Quarterly revenue: fiscal 2026 vs a year earlierFiscal Q1–Q3, $bn (each quarter from that quarter's 10-Q)
FY2025FY2026
Quarterly revenue, fiscal 2026 vs 2025FY2025 Q1: $4.0B4.0FY2026 Q1: $4.0B4.0Q1FY2025 Q2: $4.1B4.1FY2026 Q2: $4.9B4.9Q2FY2025 Q3: $4.1B4.1FY2026 Q3: $5.4B5.4Q3Data: Ticker Sage, from SEC EDGAR · tickersage.com

Source: 10-Q filed May 1, 2026 · 10-Q filed Jul 31, 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026

How it makes money

FY2025 total by categoryTransportation Customer’s Freight: $14.8B (91%)Sourcing: $1.4B (9%)$16.2BFY2025 totalData: Ticker Sage, from SEC EDGARtickersage.com

By product or service, FY2025

  • LineAmountSharevs FY2024
  • Transportation Customer’s Freight$14.8B91%−9.4%
  • Sourcing$1.4B9%+2.8%

Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown

By product or service in FY2025: Transportation Customer’s Freight (91%) and Sourcing (9%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $16.2B.

By product or service: three-year mixShare of the total each fiscal year
Transportation Customer’s FreightSourcing

Source: 10-K FY2025

By region, FY2025

United States$14.3B88%−3.6%
Non-US$1.9B12%−33.6%

Share is of the FY2025 total; the last column is the change from FY2024.

Learn more: Revenue vs. net income · Gross, operating and net margin

What changed last quarter

How the quarter compared with a year earlier

Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)

Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.

Q3 2026Q3 2025

Company

Revenue
$5.4B Q3 2026
$4.1B Q3 2025
29.5% increase
Net income
$198M Q3 2026
$163M Q3 2025
21.8% increase

Source: C.H. Robinson 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026

By product or service

Transportation Customer’s Freight
$5.0B Q3 2026
$3.8B Q3 2025
32.5% increase
Sourcing
$346M Q3 2026
$353M Q3 2025
2.1% decrease

Source: C.H. Robinson 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026

  • Cash & equivalents $193M at Sep 30, 2026, vs $161M at FY2025 end.
  • Total debt $1.9B at Sep 30, 2026, vs $1.1B at FY2025 end.
  • Operating cash flow, first 9 months of fiscal 2026: $229M vs $609M a year earlier.

The bull case and the bear case

The bull case

The bear case

  • Revenue fell 8.4% in FY2025 to $16.2B, from $17.7B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
  • Transportation Customer’s Freight revenue fell 9.4% in FY2025 to $14.8B. 10-K, FY2025
  • Non-US revenue fell 33.6% in FY2025 to $1.9B. 10-K, FY2025

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What the company does

C.H. Robinson is in the air freight & logistics industry, part of the industrials sector. The SEC files it under Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo.

The full description of C.H. Robinson's business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue by product or service and region.

Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.

Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business

Risks common in this industry

These are general risks for companies in the air freight & logistics industry. They are not a summary of C.H. Robinson’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.

  1. Economic cyclesDemand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment.
  2. Costs and supplyMaterial, labor and supplier problems can raise costs or delay delivery.
  3. Trade and tariffsTariffs and trade policy affect costs and sales.
  4. Contracts and backlogLarge projects and government contracts can be delayed, cut or repriced.
  5. Regulation and liabilitySafety, environmental and product-liability rules can raise costs.

Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)

Three years of key numbers

Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.

US$FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$17.6B$17.7B$16.2B
Net income$325M$466M$587M
Operating cash flow$732M$509M$915M
Cash & equivalents (year end)$146M$146M$161M
Total debt (year end)$1.6B$1.4B$1.1B
Diluted shares120M121M122M
  • Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
  • Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
  • Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
  • Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
  • Total debt: The current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
  • Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.

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About these numbers

    Recent filings

    FormFiledPeriod
    10-QOct 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026
    10-QJul 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
    10-QMay 1, 2026Mar 31, 2026
    DEF 14AMar 24, 2026Dec 31, 2025
    10-KFeb 13, 2026Dec 31, 2025

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    Common questions about C.H. Robinson

    How does C.H. Robinson make money?

    Fiscal 2025 revenue: $16.2B. By product or service in FY2025: Transportation Customer’s Freight (91%) and Sourcing (9%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $16.2B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 13, 2026.

    What was C.H. Robinson's revenue in fiscal 2025?

    $16.2B, down 8.4% from fiscal 2024 ($17.7B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $17.6B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 13, 2026.

    Is C.H. Robinson profitable?

    Net income was $587M in fiscal 2025 (up 26.1%; fiscal 2024 was $466M). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $198M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 13, 2026.

    What did C.H. Robinson report in its latest quarterly filing?

    For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $5.4B (up 29.5% from $4.1B) and net income $198M (up 21.8% from $163M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026.

    How much cash and debt does C.H. Robinson have?

    As of Sep 30, 2026: $193M of cash and cash equivalents, $1.9B of total debt. Total debt here is the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026.

    What are the main risks C.H. Robinson faces?

    C.H. Robinson's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 13, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the air freight & logistics industry include Economic cycles; costs and supply; trade and tariffs; contracts and backlog; regulation and liability. The first: Demand for equipment and services rises and falls with business investment. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.

    Where do these C.H. Robinson numbers come from?

    The 10-K filed Feb 13, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.

    Tracked funds that report owning C.H. Robinson

    • Bridgewater Associates: 67,802 shares, reported value $12.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (+300.7% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
    • Millennium Management: 65,075 shares, reported value $12.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (−86.3% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
    • Citadel Advisors: 50,838 shares, reported value $9.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (−84.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.

    From each fund’s latest Form 13F, which is filed up to 45 days after quarter end and lists long positions in US-listed stocks only. A listing here is a fact about a filing, not a view on the stock. What a 13F does and doesn’t show.

    Disclosures

    Editor holdings in CHRW
    The editor holds no position in C.H. Robinson (CHRW). As of Nov 11, 2026.
    Trading rule
    The editor does not buy or sell CHRW from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
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    Sources
    The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
    Last updated
    Nov 10, 2026

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