Comment / Analysis: CH Robinson in dire straits. Will the rope break?

If there is a tiny little scary consideration to be made on CH Robinson following its third-quarter (Q3 ’20) update released on Tuesday it’s that the 3PL, which is well known for financial discipline, didn’t manage to buck the trend of declining net revenues by accordingly and effectively adjusting its cost base in order to protect profits.

In a nutshell, whatever metrics should have grown in its portfolio didn’t, while all others that should have fallen, grew.

Even worse than that, given a ...