---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043277-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHRW"
cik: "0001043277"
company_name: "C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:47:36.419345+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# C.H. Robinson Q1: gross profit $647.5M (-4.5% YoY), adj. EPS $0.86 (-14%)

## Summary
- Gross profit $647.5M, down 4.5% YoY; income from operations $127.1M, down 21.1% YoY.
- Adjusted operating margin 19.3%, down 420 bps from prior year.
- Diluted EPS $0.78 (down 18.8%); adjusted EPS $0.86 (down 14.0%).
- Cash used by operations $33.3M vs $254.6M provided in Q1 2023, a $287.9M decline.
- Sequential improvement: gross profit +6.3%, op income +18.3%, adj. EPS +72% from Q4 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043277-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHRW
- cik: 0001043277
- company_name: C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000104327724000023/0001043277-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000104327724000023/chrw-20240501.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043277-24-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043277-24-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043277-24-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: EPS $0.78.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - EPS: $0.78
  - Result: reported results
  source text: C.H. Robinson Reports 2024 First Quarter Results
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000104327724000023/0001043277-24-000023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.