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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanNovember 22, 2022

How a Softer Economy is Affecting Transportation Earnings

While the economy continues to grow, it appears to be doing so at a slower rate, and freight yields are coming under increasing pressure, HDT's Contributing Economic Analyst Jeff Kauffman.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanSeptember 27, 2022

What Q2 Earnings Tells Trucking About Market Trends

Transport companies delivered largely better-than expected second-quarter earnings, but we are starting to see weaker trends developing in consumer-facing industries.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanAugust 17, 2021

LTL the Big Winner in Q2 Earnings Reports [Commentary]

Transportation and logistics companies delivered largely better-than expected second quarter 2021 earnings with improved outlooks, although there were larger headwinds than expected.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 9, 2020

Navistar: Electric Truck Will be First Off the Line of New Facility

Navistar said an electric truck will be the first vehicle off the line at its new San Antonio production facility when it opens in the spring of 2022. The news came as part of the company’s third-quarter earnings release.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanNovember 18, 2019

Carrier Earnings Worse than the Economy Might Indicate [Commentary]

For the third time this year, the economy seems to be doing better than trucking markets. Let’s dig into third-quarter earnings reports from publicly traded fleets for more.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2019

UAW Strike Costs Navistar Millions in Revenue Due to Production Delays

The six-week strike at General Motors impacted the delivery of certain components to Navistar’s Springfield, Ohio truck assembly plant, causing the company to suspend the delivery of 5,000 vehicles.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanSeptember 3, 2019

Truck Fleet Earnings Are Lagging the Overall Economy

Bad weather, tariffs, a later than usual Easter holiday – all of it contributed to trucking company results that were worse than the overall economic trend would lead you to expect.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanMay 28, 2019

What First-Quarter Fleet Earnings Tell Us

The 3.2% first-quarter GDP figure released by the Commerce Department seems to portray a stronger volume environment than was experienced by the trucking industry, judging by first quarter fleet earnings.

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Newsby David CullenApril 30, 2019

Ryder Notches 15% Rise for Record Q1 Revenue of $2.2 Billion

Ryder has reported that in the first quarter of 2019, revenue and earnings before tax grew in all three of its business segments-- fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 16, 2019

J.B. Hunt 1st Quarter Earnings Miss Expectations

Bad weather, higher costs for driver pay, and pressure on rates as capacity loosens were all factors in J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ disappointing first-quarter earnings.

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