Forensic Analysis · Transportation / Logistics · as of Aug 11, 2026
Rxo, Inc. (RXO)
A forensic read on Rxo, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Grey Zone
Financial health
2.1
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
5
Forensic signals
-35.4
P / E (ttm)
-6.5%
ROE
$3.5B
Market cap
0.00%
Dividend yield
26.2%
Revenue growth
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Rxo, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.1, placing it in the Grey zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-2.8%
FY2025
Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -2.8% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 9% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+13.3%/yr
FY2022–FY2025
Share-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +45% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+13.3%/yr). The count is growing: more stock was issued than repurchased over this window, so aggregate results grew faster than their per-share equivalents. That's ~13.3% shaved off per-share growth every year — total profit has to grow that much just to keep earnings-per-share flat, and a stake held since FY2022 has been diluted ~31%.
0.5% of rev
FY2025
Stock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 0.5% of revenue in FY2025 — about $0.17 per diluted share. The cost of it is not in the cash flow — no cash left the business — it is in the count: holders gave up about 13.7% of the company a year, and that rate is not falling. That is the figure to weigh, not the share of free cash flow.
stopped
FY2023→FY2025
Shareholder returns — halted.Capital returns have STOPPED — $2M of buybacks + dividends in FY2023, but ~$0 in FY2025. A halt usually means the company is conserving cash.
$12M
FY2025–FY2025
Goodwill impairments.Took $12M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2025 ($12M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$5.74B
Revenue Growth YoY+26.2%
Revenue CAGR (3yr)+6.2%
Net Margin-1.7%
Free Cash Flow-$8.0M
Return on Equity-6.5%
Debt / Equity0.26x
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