Radiant Logistics Shares Rise 12.4% After Quarterly Results, $200 Million Credit Facility
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Radiant Logistics shares rose 12.4% in after-hours trading on Monday, November 9, after the company reported fiscal first-quarter results that FreightWaves described as beating expectations. The move followed a quarterly report for the three months ended September 30, 2026, which also brought renewed attention to a $200 million revolving credit facility. The company entered into the amended agreement on August 7, so the facility was not a new credit announcement on the day the shares rose. The agreement provides an option to increase the facility by $100 million to support future acquisition opportunities, but that feature is not automatically drawn funding. The shares closed at $9.14 on November 9, according to EL7 data.
Fiscal first-quarter results showed revenue of $279.8 million, up 23.4% from $226.7 million in the year-earlier period. FreightWaves said revenue exceeded the consensus estimate by about $34 million, while adjusted earnings per share came in six cents above expectations. Net income attributable to the company was $6.1 million, or $0.13 per share, compared with $1.3 million and $0.03 per share in the same quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA also rose to $12.2 million from $6.8 million, a year-over-year increase of 79.4%. The margin on that measure rose to 17.7% from 11.4%, an increase of 630 basis points, putting improved profitability alongside revenue growth at the center of the report that preceded the share jump.
The chief executive attributed the improvement in adjusted EBITDA to the consolidation of transportation management systems and the non-recurrence of a credit loss related to First Brands' bankruptcy in the prior period. The credit loss was $1.3 million, according to the results statement attached to the company's filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Thus, part of the favorable year-over-year comparison reflected the absence of an unusual item recorded a year earlier, alongside the impact of systems consolidation. In the same quarter, the company said more than 150 active customers were using the Navegate platform. It added that one of its enterprise customers managed more than 1,500 suppliers through the platform and booked more than 7,500 shipments during the quarter ended September 30, 2026.
The facility that returned to focus with the results matures on August 7, 2031, after its term was extended to five years under the August amendment. The amendment increased the acquisition-related increase feature from $75 million to $100 million and modestly improved pricing terms, according to the company. The agreement allows up to $50 million to be drawn in Canadian or other approved alternative currencies, within the overall $200 million facility limit. The facility is secured by a first-priority lien on most of the company's and its subsidiaries' assets. These terms describe financing capacity and contractual options, but do not by themselves establish how much liquidity is available or drawn at any given time.
Company data as of September 30 show $25.0 million drawn under the facility, compared with $27.8 million in cash, and the company said it had no net debt. “No net debt” means cash exceeded the drawn balance on that date, not that the company had no borrowings; a balance was already outstanding. The $200 million facility limit should therefore be read alongside the amount drawn and reported cash, rather than as cash fully available. The increase feature remains separate from existing borrowings, allowing the facility to be expanded to support future acquisition opportunities under the agreement's terms. This financial context coincided with improved quarterly revenue and profitability, while the disclosed information did not specify the amount available to draw when results were announced.
On the expansion front, Radiant said on November 9 that, effective October 1, 2026, it had acquired the Dallas operations of Whitacre Logistics Services. The operations focus on intermodal brokerage and trucking, according to the company disclosure attached to its results. The deal announcement came as the facility provided an option to increase funding for future acquisitions, but the disclosure does not link this specific transaction's financing to the increase feature. The company's results call was scheduled for November 9 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. The statement also set a replay window from November 10 at 9:30 a.m. through November 23 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.