Freight transportation intermediary C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ:CHRW) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to look for.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.05 billion, down 8.3% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s revenue to decline 7.2% year on year to $4.16 billion, a reversal from the 1.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.16 per share.
Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bearish with revenue estimates seeing 9 downward revisions over the last 30 days (we track 17 analysts). C.H. Robinson Worldwide has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s peers in the transportation and logistics segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. FedEx posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.9%, and Saia reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1.2%. FedEx traded down 3.2% following the results while Saia was up 4%.
Read our full analysis of FedEx’s results here and Saia’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the transportation and logistics segment, with share prices up 6.5% on average over the last month. C.H. Robinson Worldwide is up 5.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $110.40 (compared to the current share price of $101.49).
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