C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
CHRW · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 53 days, change +4 days YoY
AR growth -1.0% vs revenue growth -8.4%
Revenue -8.4%, CFFO 79.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -5.0% vs revenue -8.4%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 41.5%. Normal
Gross margin 8.4%, change +1.0pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.56. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.8B, FCF/NI = 1.44
Accruals ratio = -6.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers only 12% of debt $1.4B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.6B = 85% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 1.6x. Healthy
Other assets -41.1% vs revenue -8.4%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.82 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09