Radiant Logistics Applying A Familiar Model To A Fragmented, Growing Sector

The third-party logistics (or 3PL) industry is huge, with some estimates of the addressable opportunity ranging from $160 billion to $190 billion just in the United States. Radiant Logistics (NYSEMKT:RLGT) isn't targeting all of that, or at least not yet, but the company's operations in truck and intermodal brokerage and freight forwarding do cover around one-half to two-thirds of the potential market. Radiant is still a relatively small player in comparison to companies like C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ:CHRW), XPO (NYSEMKT:XPO), Landstar (NASDAQ:LSTR), and Echo (NASDAQ:ECHO), but the company's growth-by-acquisition strategy has been used successfully many times over in this space and its addressable markets remain very fragmented.

At this point, it looks to me like the Street may be too skeptical about Radiant. While there have been recent challenges from soft demand and excess capacity, those circumstances seem to be improving. Uncertainty about U.S. trade policy is another risk factor, as is the possibility that the company will overpay for future acquisitions and/or struggle to integrate them. Recognizing those risks, I still believe there are meaningful opportunities here as the business scales up, and I think the shares look pretty interesting below $6/share.

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Radiant Logistics Applying A Familiar Model To A Fragmented, Growing Sector