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▼ FY 2025 Summary Analysis
Annual report ending Dec 31, 2025Overview and Growth
In fiscal 2025, C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC. recorded $16.23B of revenue, net income of $587.08M, and an operating cash inflow of $914.52M. Revenue of $16.23B sets the scale for evaluating how effectively sales translated into profit and cash during the year. Revenue was 8.4% below fiscal 2024 revenue of $17.72B, marking a top-line contraction. On a per-share basis, diluted EPS was $4.83, which connects the reported earnings outcome with the company’s diluted share count. Diluted EPS increased by 25.1% from $3.86 in fiscal 2024, showing how the earnings change reached shareholders on a per-share basis. Revenue equaled 3.21x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.Profitability
Operating income was $794.96M, the earnings remaining from reported operations after the company’s recognized operating cost structure. Operating margin measured 4.9%, showing the portion of revenue preserved after the full set of operating costs. After all reported below-operating-line items, the company recorded net income of $587.08M for the fiscal year. Measured against reported revenue, net income produced a 3.6% margin after operating costs and the remaining recognized items. The earnings statement records $722.46M of pretax income, the profit base against which the reported tax provision can be assessed. The pretax margin was 4.5%, relating income before taxes directly to revenue. The reported income-tax provision was $135.38M, the amount recognized between pretax income and the final net-income result. The effective relationship between income tax and positive pretax income was 18.7%, without assuming a statutory-rate comparison. Return on period-end equity was 31.8%, relating annual net income to the equity capital on the balance sheet. The net-income-to-assets relationship measured 11.6%, showing earnings relative to the full balance sheet.Liquidity and Capital Structure
At period end, the $5.06B asset base was financed through $3.21B of liabilities and $1.85B of equity. At period end, current assets of $2.80B compared with current liabilities of $1.83B, defining the company’s short-term resource position. At 1.53x, the current ratio shows that short-term assets were greater than short-term liabilities at period end. Reported cash and equivalents were $160.87M, separating immediately recognizable cash resources from the rest of the current-asset base. Cash and equivalents represented 8.8% of current liabilities, showing the portion of near-term obligations matched by reported cash alone. The company carried $1.09B of total debt at period end, which frames its leverage and debt-service burden. Debt equaled 0.59x of book equity, describing the relative scale of borrowing and shareholder capital. Debt represented 21.5% of total assets, placing borrowing in the context of the company’s full resource base. Relative to total assets, liabilities measured 63.5%, complementing the separate equity-based view of the company’s capital structure. The cash-to-assets relationship was 3.2%, comparing reported cash and equivalents with the full positive asset balance. Total assets were 4.5% lower than fiscal 2024 assets of $5.30B, measuring the company’s own balance-sheet change.Cash Flow and Earnings Quality
Operating activities produced a cash inflow of $914.52M, giving the cash-flow counterpart to the accrual-based profit measures reported for the year. Against net income, operating cash flow measured 1.56x, showing the relationship between accrual earnings and operating cash. The cash-flow statement records $19.63M of capital expenditures, the investment amount considered after operating cash generation. Capital expenditures represented 2.1% of operating cash flow, leaving the remainder available as free cash flow. Free cash flow came to $894.89M, leaving a positive amount after capital expenditures. Free cash flow represented 5.5% of revenue, linking post-investment cash generation with the company’s operating scale. The free-cash-flow-to-assets relationship was 17.7%, comparing post-investment cash with the balance-sheet asset base.
Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025.
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