---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043277-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHRW"
cik: "0001043277"
company_name: "C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-29T20:36:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T20:37:05.482393+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# C.H. Robinson Q2 EPS up 23.8% to $1.56; adjusted EPS $1.61, up 24.8%

## Summary
- Income from operations rose 18.4% to $255.7M; adjusted income from operations up 19.5% to $263.2M.
- NAST volume grew ~1.5% YoY vs. Cass Freight Index decline of 3.3%, marking 13th consecutive quarter of market outgrowth.
- Cash returned to shareholders surged 87.5% to $301.3M; cash from operations fell $191.2M to $35.9M.
- Mid-cycle operating margin targets achieved despite trough freight market; Lean AI strategy driving productivity gains.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043277-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHRW
- cik: 0001043277
- company_name: C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T20:36:02+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1043277/000104327726000027/0001043277-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000104327726000027/chrw-20260729.htm

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