CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — CH Robinson Worldwide Inc

CHRW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
C.H. Robinson arranges freight transportation and logistics services across North America and internationally, split into two segments: North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding. It brokers truckload, less-than-truckload and intermodal shipments, handles customs clearance and door-to-door freight forwarding by air and sea, and runs warehousing and supply-chain consulting work. A separate produce arm, Robinson Fresh, sources and markets fruit and vegetables to grocers and restaurants. It is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Where it sits in the stack
C.H. Robinson has no seat in Rubin, our index tracking the AI infrastructure build-out; it belongs instead to the Industrials sector, in the integrated freight and logistics sleeve of our wider coverage, moving goods rather than building or supplying any compute layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for the name is not yet set; the comparison the market makes is with other freight brokers, such as XPO.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether freight volumes and truckload pricing turn as inventory cycles shift, since brokerage margins here move with capacity swings across the transport market.

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CHRW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Integrated Freight & Logistics · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CHRW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.64%, quarterly · last 0.63 USD on 2026-09-04

Dividends and capital return

What CHRW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.52 USD per share · a 1.64% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +1.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.48 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.63 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.61 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.46 USD · 2025: 2.49 USD · 2026: 1.89 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW)?

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc trades as CHRW on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is CHRW in a Closelook index?

Not currently — CH Robinson Worldwide Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does CHRW trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -5.4% vs the 50-day and -10.6% vs the 200-day average, 26.9% below the 52-week high and +25.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 14 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does CH Robinson Worldwide Inc do?

C.H. Robinson arranges freight transportation and logistics services across North America and internationally, split into two segments: North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding. It brokers truckload, less-than-truckload and intermodal shipments, handles customs clearance and door-to-door freight forwarding by air and sea, and runs warehousing and supply-chain consulting work. Closelook's peer group for the name is not yet set; the comparison the market makes is with other freight brokers, such as XPO.

Where does CH Robinson Worldwide Inc sit in the AI build-out?

C.H. Robinson has no seat in Rubin, our index tracking the AI infrastructure build-out; it belongs instead to the Industrials sector, in the integrated freight and logistics sleeve of our wider coverage, moving goods rather than building or supplying any compute layer. It holds a seat in the S&P 500. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition.

Does CH Robinson Worldwide Inc pay a dividend?

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc has paid 2.52 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.64% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.63 USD on 2026-09-04. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about CH Robinson Worldwide Inc?

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Dossier: Agentic Application Software: The SaaSpocalypse Map (2026-02-27). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CHRW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Dossier, “Agentic Application Software: The SaaSpocalypse Map” (2026-02-27)

Related in the Closelook universe

then Integrated Freight & Logistics, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.