Echo Global Logistics, Inc.: insider trades · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About Echo Global Logistics, Inc.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. is a U.S.-based transportation and supply chain management company listed on the NASDAQ market in the United States under the ticker ECHO. For French-speaking investors, it is best understood as an asset-light logistics intermediary that connects shippers and carriers through a proprietary technology platform. The company was founded in the mid-2000s and built its model around Chicago, Illinois, where it remains headquartered operationally. Over time, Echo has positioned itself as a technology-enabled provider focused on freight execution, data visibility and supply-chain optimization rather than on owning transport assets. Echo’s business model is centered on two complementary service pillars. First is freight brokerage, covering the main transportation modes used by U.S. shippers: truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), intermodal, domestic air, expedited and international. Second is managed transportation, a broader outsourcing solution in which Echo takes on key logistics functions for customers, including carrier selection, load dispatch, shipment tracking, performance monitoring and network coordination. The company has long emphasized its web-based proprietary platform, which compiles and analyzes data from its carrier network to streamline transportation management decisions. From a competitive standpoint, Echo operates in a highly fragmented and cyclical market where competition comes from freight brokers, 3PL providers and integrated logistics players. Its differentiation relies less on physical infrastructure and more on technology, commercial scale and execution quality. That can be attractive to customers looking for flexibility, fast deployment and access to a broad transportation capacity network. For investors, the key variables to monitor are freight-market cyclicality, brokerage margin pressure, customer retention, and sensitivity to industrial and retail activity. Echo has historically maintained a broad national footprint across the United States, supported by a Chicago headquarters and a network of regional offices. In 2025 and 2026, the company continued to expand operationally and through selective acquisitions. A major recent event was the announcement and subsequent completion in 2026 of the acquisition of ITS Logistics, intended to strengthen Echo’s integrated supply-chain offering and AI-enabled logistics capabilities. The company also acquired FreightSaver in 2025, reinforcing a consolidation strategy aimed at widening its network and service capabilities. For shareholders, these moves support scale and service breadth, but they also introduce integration and execution risk that should be monitored closely.