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.

Revenue
+15.5%
EPS
+33.8%
Free cash flow
+77.4%
Total debt
−9.14%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

133.65 5.64 −4.05%
Market cap
$3.0B
P/E
104×
Fwd P/E
35.1×
Dividend yield
0.36%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
3.47
Beneish M
−2.04
Dividend safety
82/100

ArcBest Corporation (ARCB) Return on equity

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ArcBest Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.19%, down 2.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.61%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.14% (fiscal 2016) to 28.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Trucking industry median of 0.00% and below the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 4.61% (9.00)
FY2024 13.6% (2.72)
FY2023 16.3% (12.34)
FY2022 28.7% 4.37
FY2021 24.3% 15.37
FY2020 8.93% 3.53
FY2019 5.40% (4.43)
FY2018 9.83% 0.28
FY2017 9.55% 6.41
FY2016 3.14% (4.66)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.14% High 28.7%
Ten-year median 9.55%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
TFII TFI International Inc. compare 13.1%
SAIA Saia, Inc. compare 10.6%
SNDR Schneider National, Inc. compare 4.63%
ARCB ArcBest Corporation 2.19%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. compare 2.16%
MRTN Marten Transport, Ltd. compare 1.74%
WERN Werner Enterprises, Inc. compare −1.39%
RXO RXO INC compare −5.68%
ULH Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. compare −15.1%
Trucking industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 3.71%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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