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Comment / Against the odds: How Schneider's capital return gift just didn't do the trick

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Fancy a little gift, darling? Feeling the vibe from buybacks, special dividends and the like?

It doesn’t always work like that and this earnings season in logistics has served as a timely reminder.

Take Schneider

“All (metaphorically) in the same boat” applies.

For example, news last week that US trucking 3PL and broker Schneider National was to pay a $2 special dividend did nothing to offer comfort to the bulls in a sagging stock market.

That’s despite the long wait for its investors for any sort of ...

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