BREAKING: C.H. Robinson acquiring RXO

In a move that may have been foreshadowed by strong upward stock movement Thursday and Friday, C.H. Robinson, the country’s biggest 3PL, is getting a lot bigger by acquiring RXO. The transaction was announced Monday morning. RXO’s (NYSE: RXO) stock price had risen sharply Thursday and Friday, with it rising Friday by $2.02, a gain of 9.46% to $23.38. What's going on with $RXO ? It's risen 16.2% in the last 2 days. Trading volume today was 3.67M shares. It usually trades around 1.9M. In the last month it's up 18.1%. It has short interest around 10.% of float, which is a lot, so may be some shortcovering pushing it higher. pic.twitter.com/BeXdKqHVsV — John Kingston (@JohnHKingston) October 3, 2026 Under the terms of the deal, RXO shareholders will receive $17.25 per share in cash and 0.856 shares of C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) for one share of RXO. According to the C.H. Robinson release on the transaction, given the closing C.H. Robinson price of $157.72 per share on Friday, that puts the value of each RXO share at $30.25 per share. At approximately 7:20 a.m., after the deal was announced, C.H. Robinson’s shares in pre-market trading were down 4.89% to $150, a drop of $7.72, while RXO’s shares were up 21.86% to $28.49/share, a gain of $5.11. “The acquisition of RXO brings together two complementary networks and diversifies and strengthens C.H. Robinson’s multi-modal platform to accelerate its growth and increase its penetration across all modes and segments,” C.H. Robinson said in the prepared statement announcing the deal. “Combining both companies’ robust trucking brokerage and managed transportation businesses, along with C.H. Robinson’s global forwarding and RXO’s strengths in expedited and last mile, will create a more comprehensive offering for customers across a larger and denser network.” This is a developing story , More articles by John Kingston FMCSA’s Elison: ‘weeks’ away from fixing Motus user experience Daimler Truck: concerned about using cash to avoid new NoX rules For transportation cybersecurity, AI isn’t helping fight..so far Upcoming FreightWaves Events Compliance Brokerage Compliance Symposium The day before F3. Every compliance issue you face - fraud exposure, carrier liability, FMCSA rules, cargo theft, insurance gaps - navigated by attorneys and operators defining best practices in a changing industry. October 26, 2026 The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo • Chattanooga, TN Register Now Awards F3 Awards Dinner The night before F3. FreightTech100 companies honored. FreightTech 25 and Shipper of Choice winners revealed live. 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The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo • Chattanooga, TN Register Now Awards F3 Awards Dinner Oct 26 • The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo • Chattanooga, TN The night before F3. FreightTech100 companies honored. FreightTech 25 and Shipper of Choice winners revealed live. Cocktail reception into dinner and live music - 300 industry leaders in one purpose-built room. The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo • Chattanooga, TN Register Now FreightTech F3: Future of Freight Festival Oct 27 – Oct 28 • The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo • Chattanooga, TN Industry-defining keynotes, rapid-fire technology demos, and industry leaders networking in experiences across Chattanooga - plus the inaugural F3 Awards Dinner featuring the FreightTech and Shipper of Choice reveals. The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo • Chattanooga, TN Register Now John Kingston John has an almost 50-year career as a journalist, most of them covering commodities and markets. The largest part of his career was spent at Platts, now part of S&P Global Energy. He created the Dated Brent benchmark, now the world’s most important crude oil marker. He was Director of Oil, Director of News, the editor in chief of Platts Oilgram News and the “talking head” for Platts on numerous media outlets, including CNBC, Fox Business and Canada’s BNN. He covered metals before joining Platts and then spent a year running Platts’ metals business as well. He was awarded the International Association of Energy Economics Award for Excellence in Written Journalism in 2015. In 2010, he won two Corporate Achievement Awards from McGraw-Hill, an extremely rare accomplishment. He was awarded the 2020 Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Energy Award for Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of International Energy Journalism. Twitter LinkedIn