AI Earnings Predictions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. (CHRW)

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C.H. Robinson

14701 Charlson Rd.

Eden Prairie, MN 55347

www.chrobinson.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR INQUIRIES, CONTACT:

Chuck Ives, Senior Director of Investor Relations

Email: chuck.ives@chrobinson.com

C.H. Robinson Reports 2026 Third Quarter Results

Eden Prairie, MN, October 28, 2026 - C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (“C.H. Robinson”) (Nasdaq: CHRW) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026.

Third Quarter Highlights:

•Company has continued to deliver secular earnings growth driven by consistent market share gains, disciplined revenue management and evergreen productivity improvements fueled by its Lean AI strategy

•North American Surface Transportation ("NAST") volume increased approximately 3.5% year-over-year compared to a 0.3% decline in the Cass Freight Shipment Index, reflecting the 14th consecutive quarter of market outgrowth

•NAST truckload adjusted gross profit ("AGP") per shipment(1) increased 17.0% year-over-year, despite a significant increase in truckload spot market costs, due to disciplined revenue management

•NAST and Global Forwarding both achieved their mid-cycle operating margin targets

•Income from operations increased 23.1% to $271.8 million

•Adjusted income from operations(1) increased 26.1% to $290.8 million

•Diluted earnings per share ("EPS") increased 24.6% to $1.67

•Adjusted diluted EPS(1) increased 28.6% to $1.80

•Cash generated by operations decreased by $151.3 million to $124.1 million due to unfavorable changes in working capital driven by higher transportation rates

•Cash returned to shareholders increased 52.5% to $289.1 million

(1) Adjusted gross profit, adjusted income from operations, and adjusted diluted EPS are non-GAAP financial measures. The same factors described in this release that impacted these non-GAAP measures also impacted the comparable GAAP measures. Refer to pages 11 through 14 for further discussion and GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations.

"I want to thank our people for continuing to provide exceptional service to our customers and carriers, embracing the Robinson operating model and executing with discipline, resulting in another quarter of double-digit year-over-year earnings growth," said President and Chief Executive Officer, Dave Bozeman. "Our ability to consistently deliver secular earnings growth over the last three years is a result of the

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disciplined execution of our Lean AI strategy. Lean AI is our unique approach that combines the principles of our Robinson operating model – rooted in Lean methodology – with the power of custom-built AI, and the expertise of our people, to maximize value, minimize waste, and drive better outcomes for customers and carriers."

"The third quarter of 2026 was the 14th consecutive quarter in which the NAST team delivered year-over-year volume growth that outpaced the Cass Freight Shipment Index. They also continued to deploy our disciplined revenue management practices while the North American trucking market continued to reflect a period of significant supply-driven tightening. By successfully repricing a large portion of our contractual truckload portfolio and by capturing spot volumes at higher margins, the team achieved a 17% year-over-year increase in truckload AGP per load."

"In NAST and Global Forwarding, the team continues to turn manual processes into agentic workflows that are increasingly automated, more connected, and easier to manage at scale. As a result, both businesses delivered a higher level of year-over-year productivity improvements than they achieved in the first half of 2026, and both businesses achieved their mid-cycle operating margin targets again."

"The same Lean operating model and AI technology that have been vitally important in the transformations of our NAST and Global Forwarding businesses are what will enable us to successfully integrate and transform the RXO business. These disciplines don’t disappear as we integrate a strong team and book of business with additional capabilities. Rather, we believe these disciplines are what will enable us to deliver different results than this industry’s past acquisitions," said Bozeman.

"When I joined this company a little over three years ago, I told the C.H. Robinson employees that we needed to provide such exceptional service and value to our customers and carriers that they would view us as THE trusted partner that they choose to do business with. We’ve made significant strides in delivering on that mantra, and we believe the addition of RXO will only magnify our value proposition."

"The strength of our strategies, our technology, our people and our operating model disciplines are differentiating and sustainable. We will continue to lead with purpose and move with urgency to disrupt ourselves and the industry, and to deliver customer success through our unmatched expertise, our unrivaled scale and our tailored solutions. And w

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