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C.H. Robinson (CHRW) Q2 Earnings & Revenues Top, Rise Y/Y

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C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.’s (CHRW - Free Report) second-quarter 2018 earnings per share of $1.13 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.06. Moreover, the bottom line surged 44.9% year over year on higher revenues and lower tax rate.

Total revenues rose 15.3% year over year to $4,276.04 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,196.96 million. The top line was also boosted by growth across all transportation service lines.

Effective tax rate in the reported quarter reduced to 25.6% from 35.6% a year ago owing to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Total operating expenses increased 15.4% year over year to $452.5 million. However, operating ratio (operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues) of 67.4% compared favorably with 68.3% in the year-ago period.

During the quarter under review, the company returned $136.2 million to shareholders through a combination of dividends ($65.2 million) and share repurchases ($71 million), reflecting an increase of 29.8% year over year.

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Segmental Results

Total revenues at North American Surface Transportation (NAST) were $2.88 billion (up 20.9%) in the second quarter while the same at Global Forwarding totaled $617.6 million (up 16.8%). At Robinson Fresh, the metric logged $621.02 million (up 5.5%) year over year.

A historical presentation of results on an enterprise basis is given below:

Transportation: The unit (comprising Truckload, Intermodal, Less-than-Truckload, Ocean, Air, Customs and Other logistics services) posted net revenues of $639.94 million in the quarter under consideration, up 18.8% from the prior-year period’s figure.

Truckload net revenues grew 20.8% year over year to $341.44 million. Additionally, net revenues at Less-than-Truckload rose 16.6% year over year to $119.19 million.

Net revenues at the Intermodal segment increased 10.5% year over year to $9.18 million.

Net revenues at the Ocean transportation segment improved 18.5% year over year to $87.04 million. The same at the Air transportation division rose 19.7% year over year to $30.91 million. Customs net revenues jumped 27.5% to $20.79 million.

Net revenues at Other logistics services climbed 5.2% year over year to $31.4 million.

Sourcing: Net revenues at the segment dropped 10.3% year over year to approximately $31.54 million.

Liquidity

This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company exited the second quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $310.58 million compared with $333.89 million at the end of 2017. Long-term debt was $1,341.05 million compared with $750 million at 2017 end.  You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Outlook

The company continues to anticipate strong demand for freight on the back of an upbeat economy. Additionally, it reiterates capital expenditures in the range of $60-$70 million for 2018 with the majority spending on technology. Full-year effective tax rate is still expected between 24% and 25%.

Upcoming Releases

Investors interested in the broader Transportation sector are keenly awaiting second-quarter earnings reports from key players, namely Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. , Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (EXPD - Free Report) and Air Lease Corporation (AL - Free Report) . While Gol Linhas will report second-quarter earnings on Aug 2, Expeditors and Air Lease will release the same on Aug 7 and Aug 9, respectively.

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