What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for CHRW Q1 Earnings?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide in a report released on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $0.84 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.64. The consensus estimate for C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s current full-year earnings is $4.40 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.94 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The transportation company reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $4.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.53 billion. C.H. Robinson Worldwide had a return on equity of 30.38% and a net margin of 1.96%. The business’s revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.84 earnings per share.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Susquehanna dropped their price objective on shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide from $120.00 to $115.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised C.H. Robinson Worldwide from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $87.00 to $110.00 in a report on Thursday, August 1st. UBS Group raised C.H. Robinson Worldwide from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $100.00 to $140.00 in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on C.H. Robinson Worldwide from $94.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Finally, Benchmark raised their target price on C.H. Robinson Worldwide from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $107.63.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Trading Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ:CHRW opened at $107.54 on Monday. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a 12-month low of $65.00 and a 12-month high of $113.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.49, a quick ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $107.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $97.31. The firm has a market cap of $12.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.21, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 0.84.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 6th. C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s payout ratio is currently 85.81%.

Insider Activity at C.H. Robinson Worldwide

In related news, insider Michael John Short sold 10,408 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.87, for a total transaction of $1,143,526.96. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 70,943 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,794,507.41. This represents a 12.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.18% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CHRW. Swedbank AB purchased a new stake in shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide in the first quarter valued at $1,051,000. Chesapeake Capital Corp IL acquired a new stake in C.H. Robinson Worldwide in the 3rd quarter worth about $835,000. abrdn plc grew its holdings in C.H. Robinson Worldwide by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. abrdn plc now owns 508,803 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $55,818,000 after buying an additional 12,992 shares during the period. Cetera Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide during the 1st quarter valued at about $6,665,000. Finally, Forsta AP Fonden lifted its holdings in shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide by 113.2% during the 3rd quarter. Forsta AP Fonden now owns 82,500 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $9,106,000 after acquiring an additional 43,800 shares during the period. 93.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Company Profile

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation services, and related logistics and supply chain services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding. The company offers transportation and logistics services, such as truckload, less than truckload transportation brokerage services, which include the shipment of single or multiple pallets of freight; intermodal transportation that comprises the shipment service of freight in containers or trailers by a combination of truck and rail; and non-vessel operating common carrier and freight forwarding services, as well as organizes air shipments and provides door-to-door services.