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ArcBest Corporation
ARCB Industrials Trucking
ArcBest Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.0 billion, down 4.04% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 15.9%, EPS fell 155.4%, free cash flow grew 45.8% and total debt fell 10.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 14.85 | 16.95 | 30.90 | 24.69 | 13.54 | 42.46 | 65.16 | 68.23 | 91.01 | 55.19 |
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| High | 33.95 | 38.75 | 51.45 | 41.87 | 46.25 | 125.00 | 124.03 | 125.48 | 153.60 | 103.63 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 11,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 14,000 | 15,700 | 15,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.29 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 2,700 | 2,826 | 3,094 | 2,988 | 2,940 | 3,766 | 5,029 | 4,427 | 4,179 | 4,010 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 1.26 | 2.17 | 3.53 | 2.13 | 3.34 | 7.35 | 7.85 | 3.90 | 5.85 | 2.25 | |||||
| EBT | 28 | 52 | 84 | 51 | 92 | 273 | 388 | 187 | 219 | 83 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 1.05 | 1.82 | 2.73 | 1.72 | 3.15 | 7.25 | 7.72 | 4.22 | 5.23 | 2.07 | |||||
| Net income | 19 | 60 | 67 | 40 | 71 | 214 | 298 | 195 | 174 | 60 | |||||
| Depreciation | 103 | 103 | 109 | 112 | 118 | 124 | 140 | 146 | 149 | 170 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 104.85 | 110.05 | 120.47 | 117.02 | 115.71 | 147.86 | 204.55 | 184.33 | 177.43 | 175.60 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.72 | 2.32 | 2.61 | 1.56 | 2.80 | 8.38 | 12.13 | 8.14 | 7.39 | 2.63 | |||||
| Cash flow | 4.35 | 5.91 | 9.94 | 6.67 | 8.11 | 12.70 | 19.15 | 13.41 | 12.14 | 10.03 | |||||
| Capex | (2.72) | (2.78) | (1.94) | (3.48) | (1.74) | (2.54) | (5.93) | (9.34) | (9.54) | (4.10) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.63 | 3.14 | 8.00 | 3.19 | 6.37 | 10.16 | 13.22 | 4.08 | 2.60 | 5.92 | |||||
| Book value | 23.26 | 25.36 | 27.95 | 29.88 | 32.61 | 36.47 | 46.83 | 51.72 | 55.80 | 56.74 | |||||
| Shares, m | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 40.70 | 16.00 | 13.13 | 17.69 | 15.35 | 14.30 | 5.68 | 14.91 | 12.65 | 28.32 | ||||
| P/S | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 0.81 | 0.34 | 0.66 | 0.53 | 0.42 | |||||
| P/B | 1.24 | 1.46 | 1.23 | 0.92 | 1.31 | 3.29 | 1.47 | 2.34 | 1.67 | 1.31 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.84 | 0.32 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.45 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 19.42 | 12.92 | 4.26 | 8.72 | 6.17 | 12.18 | 5.02 | 28.66 | 36.43 | 13.26 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 112 | 152 | 255 | 170 | 206 | 324 | 471 | 322 | 286 | 229 | ||||
| Capex | (70) | (71) | (50) | (89) | (44) | (65) | (146) | (224) | (225) | (94) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 42 | 81 | 206 | 81 | 162 | 259 | 325 | 98 | 61 | 135 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 95 | 120 | 198 | 220 | 252 | 73 | 221 | 183 | 10 | (31) | ||||
| Total debt | 244 | 269 | 292 | 324 | 284 | 226 | 265 | 229 | 189 | 224 | |||||
| Net debt | 72 | 92 | (5) | 5 | (85) | 101 | (61) | (101) | 32 | 100 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 599 | 651 | 718 | 763 | 829 | 929 | 1,151 | 1,242 | 1,314 | 1,296 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.47 | 4.51 | 4.63 | 2.51 | 4.15 | 10.97 | 12.95 | 7.85 | 7.08 | 2.46 | ||||
| ROIC | 3.17 | 5.16 | 9.57 | 5.19 | 8.26 | 16.81 | 22.62 | 9.45 | 11.35 | 4.05 | |||||
| ROE | 3.14 | 9.55 | 9.83 | 5.40 | 8.93 | 24.30 | 28.67 | 16.33 | 13.61 | 4.61 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
ArcBest Corporation vs peers in Trucking (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. | $10.6B | 240× | 48.5× | +12.56% (above 0%: growing) | +28.57% (above 0%: growing) | +41.85% (above 0%: growing) | 69.96% | 5.00% | Compare |
| TFII TFI International Inc. | $9.4B | 27.9× | 34.1× | +12.38% (above 0%: growing) | +40.68% (above 0%: growing) | +10.93% (above 0%: growing) | 47.92% | 9.62% | Compare |
| SAIA Saia, Inc. | $9.1B | 32.2× | 41.4× | +17.06% (above 0%: growing) | +31.84% (above 0%: growing) | +2,170.05% (above 0%: growing) | 70.34% | 13.09% | Compare |
| SNDR Schneider National, Inc. | $5.5B | 49.2× | 41.6× | +10.43% (above 0%: growing) | +33.33% (above 0%: growing) | −33.07% (below 0%: shrinking) | 53.68% | 4.55% | Compare |
| RXO RXO INC | $4.8B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +25.02% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −620.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.04% | 0.06% | Compare |
| ARCB ArcBest Corporation | $3.0B | 186× | 33.5× | +15.87% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +45.84% (above 0%: growing) | (1.74%) | (1.74%) | |
| WERN Werner Enterprises, Inc. | $2.0B | — (loss-making) | 56.2× | +24.00% (above 0%: growing) | −84.72% (below 0%: shrinking) | +581.60% (above 0%: growing) | 52.19% | 1.81% | Compare |
| MRTN Marten Transport, Ltd. | $1.1B | 75.5× | 59.2× | −2.77% (below 0%: shrinking) | −22.22% (below 0%: shrinking) | +100,952.63% (above 0%: growing) | 62.16% | 3.09% | Compare |
| HTLD Heartland Express, Inc. | $860.7M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −12.48% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +144.91% (above 0%: growing) | 27.63% | 8.99% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $5.2B | 49.2× | 45.1× | +12.47% | +30.21% | +93.38% | 52.94% | 4.78% |
ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) key facts
- Concern: ArcBest Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.0 billion, down 4.04% from fiscal 2024.
- Concern: Net income was $60.1 million, or $2.63 per share (basic), a net margin of 1.50%.
- ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) is a Trucking company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, ARCB traded at $129.98, a market capitalization of $3.0 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 186× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 98% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- ArcBest Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share, a yield of 0.37%, with a payout ratio of 69.6%.
- Return on equity was 4.61% and debt-to-equity 0.17.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.47 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.