QuarterHawk — Equity ResearchQuarterHawk — Equity Research

Radiant Logistics, Inc. (RLGT)

Industrials

No action
Fundamental
3
Sentiment
3
Technical
3

Do Nothing: 20-day average dollar volume $3.69M is below the $5,000,000 liquidity floor — both a trend-aligned pullback limit near the 8.44–8.54 support shelf and a breakout stop above 8.80 (no momentum confirmation, RSI/ADX fading) were evaluated and are untradeable at this liquidity.

Analysis as of 2026-09-23· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

Radiant Logistics, Inc. is a third-party logistics provider offering multi-modal transportation and supply chain management solutions in the U.S. and Canada. The company specializes in air and ocean freight forwarding, freight brokerage, and provides additional supply chain services like materials management and customs brokerage. It operates through a network of company-owned and partner locations under various brand names.

Fundamental

fair
Fundamental3
Mixed fundamentals

Radiant Logistics has a strong balance sheet but faces challenges with thin margins and negative growth rates.

Mixed fundamentals. The balance sheet is the strong suit: Altman Z-Score near 4.2, net debt to EBITDA ~1.7x, interest coverage ~8x, and a covenant-compliant $200M revolving facility freshly extended to 2031 with improved terms. The earnings engine is the weak suit: five-year revenue, EPS and EBITDA growth rates are still deeply negative off the FY2022 freight peak, net margin is ~2%, gross margin is compressing, and FY2026 earnings were flattered by a $6.2M non-cash earn-out gain. DCF models imply 20-30% downside versus the quote, yet the lone analyst's $12 target implies ~38% upside after a September 2026 upgrade. No dividends.

Sentiment

fair
Sentiment3
Forming sentiment

Sentiment is improving post-earnings, but conflicting analyst views and lack of retail interest keep it mixed.

The dominant near-term driver is the Q4 FY2026 earnings print (announced 2026-09-14) that the market demonstrably rewarded — adjusted EPS beat, record revenue, +16% one-day pop — now partially digested, with a fresh Citizens bullish note (2026-09-20, announced, not priced) layered on top. Sentiment delta is a determinate improvement (baseline ≈ +0.05 → scoring ≈ +0.19, moderate confidence; retail indeterminate), but a conflicting-signals moderate flag fired on the Seeking Alpha bearish downgrade (2026-09-16) opposing the bullish sell-side note, so the moderate red-flag cap applies.

Technical

fair
Technical3
Mixed consolidation

The stock holds above key moving averages but lacks momentum, with liquidity constraints limiting trade opportunities.

Mixed consolidation: close 8.675 holds above the SMA20 (8.57), SMA50 (8.64), SMA200 (7.93) and EMA21 (8.63), and MACD is still positive (line 0.04 > signal 0.01, histogram 0.03) — but the 09-15 earnings spike to 10.20 has faded for five straight sessions, price sits below the fast averages (EMA9 8.69, WMA9 8.77, DEMA14 8.73, TEMA14 8.79), RSI14 is neutral at 50.80, Williams %R is weak at -70.93, ADX14 at 20.70 shows no strong trend, and the MACD histogram has narrowed from 0.10 to 0.03. Some bullish (structure above key MAs, MACD > 0), some neutral/weak (fading momentum) — chart score 3. The trade is suppressed regardless: the 20-day average dollar volume of ~$3.69M is below the $5.0M liquidity floor, so no entry is sized.

You’re looking at 2026-09-23 — more than 2 trading days ago.

Subscribers saw this then, and see today’s score, verdict and trade plan now.

Not financial advice. For informational and educational purposes only.