C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation and related logistics and supply chain services in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding. The company offers transportation and logistics services, such as truckload; less than truckload transportation brokerage services, which include the shipment of single or multiple …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 92.3th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.81), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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Where CHRW ranks in Integrated Freight & Logistics
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ranks #7 of 27
scored companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics by moat score — the top 26%.
The widest moat in the group is ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CHRW in Integrated Freight & Logistics
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 82
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 61
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 83
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 64
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 57
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.'s moat score?
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW) scores 68 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #7 of 27 scored companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics, the top 26%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (83/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (57/100).
How does C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. compare with other Integrated Freight & Logistics companies?
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ranks #7 of 27 scored companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics by moat score. The widest moat in Integrated Freight & Logistics is ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) at 71 just above it and Globavend Holdings Limited - Or (GVH) at 63 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 26 companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CHRW scores: Pricing Power (63), Cost Advantage (82), Customer Stickiness (61), Capital Efficiency (83), Resilience (64), Scale & Market Position (57). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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