 U.S. Xpress NYSE: USX turned an operating loss in the first quarter of 2020 into an almost 8 million operating profit in the first quarter of this year, boosted by improvements in the companys truckload operations but also a sharp improvement in the performance of its brokerage activities. On a relatively muted 6.3 increase in operating revenue net of fuel, the company turned an operating loss from Q1 2020 of 3.66 million into an operating profit of 7.998 million. 