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Customers across many industries pay TFI International Inc.’s subsidiaries to move goods in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Most revenue comes from two trucking services: collecting and combining smaller shipments before delivery, known as less-than-truckload, and carrying full truckloads directly to their destinations. These two businesses contribute broadly similar shares of revenue.
Its smaller Logistics business arranges transportation, including booking freight with other carriers and managing customers’ shipments, rather than relying mainly on its own equipment. This gives TFI another way to serve customers beyond hauling freight itself. Its customer base is broad, with no single customer supplying a large share of revenue.
The trucking business depends on shipping demand relative to available capacity, and on having enough qualified drivers to keep trucks working. TFI charges fuel surcharges, but these do not recover every increase in diesel costs. Its carriers must retain operating licenses and permits by complying with safety, operating and environmental requirements; violations can restrict their activities.
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TFI's results hinge on North American freight volumes and pricing, with Mullen and privately held Manitoulin Transport also worth watching as important Canadian smaller-load freight competitors.
Knight-Swift competes with TFI for North American customers paying to move full truckloads, combine smaller loads or arrange transport through freight brokerage. Its Truckload and LTL results offer a read on the freight demand and rates facing TFI.
ArcBest competes with TFI's U.S. smaller-load freight business through ABF Freight, and with its logistics business by arranging and managing transport for customers. Watch ABF's results for the pricing and industrial freight demand facing TFI's U.S. LTL network.
XPO competes with TFI's U.S. network for customers shipping smaller loads domestically and across borders. Its North American less-than-truckload (LTL) business is the part to watch for freight demand, pricing and network use relevant to TFI.
Old Dominion Freight Line and TFI compete to carry customers' smaller freight shipments through nationwide U.S. terminal networks. Old Dominion's revenue comes overwhelmingly from this less-than-truckload service, making its results a focused check on the industrial demand facing TFI's U.S. LTL business.
FedEx Freight competes with TFI to carry smaller loads for U.S. and cross-border shippers. Its time-definite Priority and more flexible Economy services show the two customer needs TFI faces: delivery speed and lower-cost transport.
Saia competes directly with TFI's U.S. business to carry customers' smaller shipments through a national less-than-truckload network. About 97% of Saia's revenue comes from LTL, so that revenue line offers a focused view of demand in TFI's U.S. market.
Landstar competes with TFI's specialized trucking and brokerage by arranging specialized, expedited and cross-border truck transport for customers through third-party carriers. Watch those services for demand relevant to TFI's specialized truckload business, rather than Landstar's broader mix of transport offerings.
Schneider National competes with TFI for customers' U.S. full-truckload freight and sells transportation and logistics services across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Its truckload business is the relevant place to watch North American freight demand and rates.
Werner Enterprises competes with TFI in trucking reserved for specific customers and expedited deliveries. Its dedicated service for retail distribution centers and manufacturing facilities is the clearest customer-demand check on TFI's dedicated trucking offering.
C.H. Robinson competes with TFI's logistics business by arranging freight transport for customers, forwarding shipments and managing transportation. Its North American Surface Transportation business, mainly arranging full-truckload and smaller-load shipments, is the closest read on TFI's North American freight brokerage market.
J.B. Hunt competes with TFI for customers paying for dedicated trucking, arranged freight transport, final delivery and full-truckload hauling. Watch its dedicated, brokerage, final-mile and truckload businesses rather than its rail-linked intermodal business for the closest comparison with TFI.
Covenant Logistics competes with TFI by hauling expedited loads, providing trucking for specific customers and arranging freight through other carriers. Its Expedited, Dedicated and Managed Freight revenue lines separate the overlapping demand for trucking from demand for brokerage and transport management.
Ryder competes with TFI for customers outsourcing dedicated trucking and transportation management, supplying dedicated vehicles, drivers and operating support. Watch both Dedicated Transportation Solutions and Supply Chain Solutions: dedicated transport bundled into a broader logistics service is mainly reported in the latter.
EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change (Oct/16)
US crude oil and gasoline stocks indicate fuel supply conditions that can move diesel prices, a major cost for TFI; customer fuel surcharges recover much, but not all, of the cost and do so with a lag.
Falling stocks generally mean tighter fuel supply and upward price pressure, which can raise TFI’s diesel costs before surcharges recover them; rising stocks generally ease that pressure and may lower costs.
Ryder System, Inc. earningsR
Ryder’s report will show how customers are buying dedicated transport and outsourced transportation management, services that compete with TFI’s dedicated trucking and Logistics businesses.
Read Ryder’s Dedicated Transportation Solutions alongside Supply Chain Solutions, which also includes dedicated transport bundled into broader logistics services. Stronger results in both would show firmer demand for outsourced services and tougher competition for TFI’s dedicated trucking and Logistics offerings; weaker results would point to pressure on demand or profitability in those shared services.
Durable Goods Orders MoM (Sep)
TFI moves smaller and full loads for manufacturers and equipment buyers, so orders for long-lasting goods shape the shipments its LTL, Truckload and Logistics businesses carry and the freight revenue they earn.
Expected0.2%Last release-0.1%
If it comes in above expectations
If the reading is above the 0.2% estimate, it is above the previous -0.1%. More orders point to stronger goods demand and can bring more freight for TFI’s three businesses, increasing shipments and revenue; softer orders can leave fewer loads to carry.
If it comes in below expectations
Fewer orders can mean less freight for TFI’s LTL, Truckload and Logistics operations to carry, reducing shipments and the revenue earned from moving them; stronger orders can support more loads.
Old Dominion Freight Line earningsODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line’s report will show whether demand and pricing for U.S. smaller-load freight are holding up, a direct read on TFI’s U.S. LTL business.
Look at Old Dominion’s LTL revenue and operating performance. Stronger results would suggest industrial freight demand or pricing in the shared U.S. market is better supported, easing pressure on TFI’s U.S. LTL business; weaker results would point to volume or rate pressure that also weighs on TFI’s network.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. earningsCHRW
C.H. Robinson’s report will show demand and pricing in North American freight brokerage, a market that overlaps with TFI’s Logistics business.
Look at shipment volumes in C.H. Robinson’s North American Surface Transportation business alongside the spread between what customers pay and what it pays carriers. Rising volumes and a firmer spread would suggest healthier demand or brokerage pricing in the shared market, supporting TFI’s Logistics brokerage; falling volumes or a narrower spread would signal pressure on demand or brokerage economics.
TFI International Inc. earningsThis company
TFI International’s report will show whether freight volumes and rates support revenue across its businesses, and whether operating costs are squeezing profit.
Compare revenue before fuel surcharges with operating income and margins across LTL, Truckload and Logistics. Stable revenue with recovering margins would show TFI is matching capacity and operating costs to freight demand; falling revenue and further margin compression would point to weaker freight or rates, or costs it cannot readily pass on, eating into profit.
Retail Sales MoM (Oct)
Retail sales track consumer spending that supports shipments for TFI’s retail customers, which accounted for 18% of revenue from its top 30 customers in 2025; those shipments generate freight revenue for its transportation and logistics businesses.
Stronger retail sales suggest consumer-facing customers may have more goods to ship, supporting TFI’s freight volumes and revenue; weaker sales suggest fewer shipments and potentially less revenue from carrying them.
Industrial Production MoM (Oct)
Factory, mine and utility output tracks activity among the manufacturers whose goods TFI moves; it can change freight volumes and the revenue its transportation and logistics services earn.
Rising output suggests manufacturers are making and moving more goods, potentially adding freight and revenue for TFI; falling output suggests fewer goods and inputs to transport, potentially reducing both.
